Bible Questions Answered:
“You talk about a loving god, the
bible talks about a god who has imprisoned us in sin! What about
that?...”
Peter/ Seafore, Delaware (U.S.A.)
Bible Text Referred To:
Romans 11:32 NRSV
For God has imprisoned all in
disobedience so that He may be merciful to all.
Bible Answer:
The Apostle Paul,
explains through his teaching.
Bible Text:
Romans 11:31-36 KJV (Apostle
Paul)
31 Even so have these also now not
believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded*
them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments,
and His ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of The
Lord? or who hath been His counselor?
35 Or who hath first given to Him, and
it shall be recompensed unto Him again?
36 For of Him, and through Him, and to
Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
*Concluded-Greek: Sugkatabaino
(Soong-kat-ab-ah'ee-no): To descend in company with: go down with.
Galatians 3:21-25 KJV (Apostle
Paul)
21 Is the law then against the promises
of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could
have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded*
all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be
given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept
under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be
revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by
faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are
no longer under a schoolmaster.
*Concluded-Greek: Sugkatabaino
(Soong-kat-ab-ah'ee-no): To descend in company with: go down with.
Our holy God, certainly has not put sin
in the hearts of men, this we have done on our own!
Sin: Mans Doing Or God's:
Job 25:4-6 KJV
4 How then can man be justified with
God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it
shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in His sight.
6 How much less man, that is a worm?
and the son of man, which is a worm?
Isaiah 53:6 KJV
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way; and The Lord hath laid on
Him (Christ) the
iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 64:6 KJV
But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as
a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV (Solomon)
For there is not a just man upon
earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Romans 3:10,23 KJV (Apostle
Paul)
10 As it is written, There is none
righteous, no, not one:
23 For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:12 KJV
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned:
I John 1:8-10 KJV
8 If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, He is
Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
I John 5:19 KJV
"...the whole world lieth in
wickedness.
Origin Of Sin:
Genesis 3:6 KJV
And when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and
did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Psalm 51:5 KJV
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Matthew 15:18-20 KJV
18 But those things which proceed
out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,
blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile
a man..."
James 1:15 KJV
Then when lust hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth
death.
James 4:1 KJV
From whence come wars and fightings
among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in
your members?
Has God Imprisoned All Of The
Earth, Under Sin?
Never!
Romans 11:32 NRSV
For God has imprisoned all in
disobedience so that He may be merciful to all.
Romans 11:32 KJV
For God hath concluded* them
all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all.
*Concluded-Greek: Sugkatabaino
(Soong-kat-ab-ah'ee-no): To descend in company with: go down with.
*Concluded-Greek: Sunkleio: To
shut up with, shut up, (inclose, shut).
(Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary
of Old and New Testament words. W.E. Vine
Homily:
When a man is hauled into court to
answer for the crime of murder, is the death, the Judge's fault?
Of course not, how ludicrous, it is the
defendants, and the court will prove or not prove his guilt, and
sentence!
Did God pronounce a sentence of sin
upon the world?
What a preposterous evil thought, and
out right lie of hell!
James 1:13,14 KJV
13 Let no man say when he is
tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil,
neither tempteth He any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he
is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth
death.
Well, what then the imprisonment?
Simple, it is sinful,
self-imprisonment!
Romans 1:24-27 NLT (The Apostle
Paul)
4 So
God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their
hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with
each other’s bodies.
25 They traded The Truth about God
for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created
instead of The Creator Himself, who is worthy of eternal praise!
Amen.
26 That is why God abandoned them
to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the
natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
27 And the men, instead of having
normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other.
Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this
sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
Romans 1:24-27 KJV
24 Wherefore God also
gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their
own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed The Truth of God into
a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than
The Creator, who is blessed for
ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave
them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change
the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men,
leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward
another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving
in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Self-Judgment.
Romans 1:32 KJV
Who knowing the judgment of God,
that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do
the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
And The Result:
Romans 3:9,10 KJV
9 What then? are we better than
they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and
Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one:
Galatians 3:22 KJV
But the scripture hath concluded all
under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be
given to them that believe.
In the prison house of sin, God out
of His mercy and love, sent the world the Good News of hope and
salvation.
Romans 3:22-25
NLT
22 We are made right with God by
placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone
who believes, no matter who we are.
23 For everyone has sinned;
we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
24 Yet God, with undeserved
kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through
Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
25 For God presented Jesus as the
sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they
believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood..."
John 3:14-21 KJV
14 And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son Of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is the condemnation,
that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
21 But he that doeth Truth cometh to
The Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
Isaiah 42:5-10
KJV
5 Thus saith God the Lord, He that
created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that spread forth the
earth, and that which cometh out of it; He that giveth breath unto
the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 I The Lord have called thee in
righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee..."
7 To open the blind eyes, to
bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.
8 I am The Lord: that is My name:
and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven
images.
9 Behold, the former things are come
to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell
you of them.
10 Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and His praise from the end of the earth..."
