sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
bibleonly said:Do men seek God?
The scriptures says in Romans 3:11 There is none that seeks after God.
We see this clearly in Genesis 3:7, right after disobedience had strip away their honor exposing their shame. Sin revealed itself in that they saw themselves naked; unworthy to stand in the presence of God their King, Guilty of the sin that they had committed. Now the sentence of Death loomed upon them.
So to hide the nakedness that they now were experiencing, do they seek after God? NO! Not a chance. Instead of seeking and begging forgiveness for the sin that they just committed, instead of pleading for mercy for the treacherous crime they had committed, They HIDE themselves from the presence of the LORD.
The scripture says in Genesis 3:7 when they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife HID themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Adam the first sinner never sought after God, Never did he pray that his life would be spared from the Death sentence that he now rightly deserves. First, he covers himself, no seeking of Gods forgiveness there. Instead what he did was hide the sin from their eyes that had just been open. Like all men after them, Men seek their own way to silence the consciousness of the guilt of sin. Men hid themselves from the knowledge of the Most High God. They never seek after Him on their own accord.
So Many different gods of worship are sought after, but the LORD God they hide themselves. Many different religions are form to hide themselves from the presence of the LORD. Many different philosophies, are born out of the mind of man to alleviate the knowledge of LORD God, Many different customs, practices and habits are cling to, so that they my appease their consciousness of sin. Not one of these ways will pay for the price that was demanded of God for the sin that had been committed. All of these ways are a way to cover up the memory of their true condition before God. All of these ways are a way to hid from the Presence of God.
Do men seek God? NO, they cover up their own nakedness through their religions and false gods whom they worship. The answer is NO, they HIDE themselves from the LORD with their religions that they have invented. For the Thrid time NO, what they do is, they seek for a way to HIDE themselves and then believe they are seeking after god.
God says in
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
The Genesis understanding predates the coming of Christ, the completion of humanity, and the reconciliation of humanity to God. Because of Christ, we are a new creation...we no longer live according to sin.