By the way, Mr. Shiloh, I found an interesting post of yours re Act 17:27; for this isn't the first time you have appealed to this text to try to support the natural spiritual ability of man. I don't know what the exact number of your post was but the number of mine which was in response to it was 5461 which I wrote on 5/14. So, your actual number very likely slighlty precedes my reply. Here's what you wrote:
I don't know how this forum works. It says in your header "post:5301150", but I don't know what that means. But to the point of pointing to this old post of yours...
Notice above that you quote (AGAIN) part of the verse, omitting the phrase that begins with "if perhaps they might grope....". Twice you have omitted this phrase because you no doubt feel that it weakens your argument. But in addition to this, the part you did quote reads "that they SHOULD seek God". But now just a while ago, you quoted from another version that says, "that they would seek God".
Of course, in either case, your exegetical skills are sorely lacking because neither rendering even remotely hints at natural spiritual ability. You might wanna look for another "proof text".... but before posting it here, seek first the counsel of many messianic rabbis to make sure your exegesis is spot-on -- if you're interested in regaining some of your credibility back.
And how do you get from the passage that "it has always been God that leads his Offspring to Him"? I give you this, sir: You have mastered the art of Eisegesis!
