{"id":2893,"date":"2020-03-09T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate-preacher.com\/?p=2893"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:50:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:50:30","slug":"gods-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate-preacher.com\/gods-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Did God Really Say We Are All Destined to Become Pirates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25sf_9zQvCE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDid God really say we are all destined to become pirates?<\/p>\n<p>Yes &#8230; yes he did.<\/p>\n<p>Sort of.<\/p>\n<p>What he said was, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.<\/span>&#8221; Romans 3:23<\/p>\n<p>The Bible is clear that all people are God\u2019s creation. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him<\/span>.&#8221; Colossians 1:16<\/p>\n<p>God <em><strong>loves<\/strong><\/em> the entire world. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.<\/span>&#8221; John 3:16<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But only those who are born again are children of God<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To all who did receive him<\/span> [Jesus]<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.<\/span>&#8221; John 1:12<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God\u2019s children.<\/span>&#8221; Romans 8:16<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-30589\" class=\"text 1John-3-9\">No one who is born of God\u00a0will continue to sin,\u00a0because God\u2019s seed\u00a0remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.<\/span>\u00a0This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God\u2019s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.<\/span>&#8221; 1 John 3:9-10<\/p>\n<p>Those <em><strong>without Christ<\/strong><\/em> are <em><strong>never referred to as God\u2019s children<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-29233a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-29233a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">\u00a0<\/sup>and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.<\/span>&#8221; Ephesians 2:3<\/p>\n<p>In fact, those without Christ are referred to as <em><strong>enemies of God<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You adulterous people, don\u2019t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.<\/span>&#8221; James 4:4 &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.<\/span>&#8221; 1 John 3:8<\/p>\n<p>Without the saving and transforming spirit of Christ, we are all destined to fulfill our own selfish desires &#8211; and that path always leads to the dark side where Satan controls us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did God really say we are all destined to become pirates? Yes &#8230; yes he did. Sort of. 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