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Psalm 14:
Paul cited this psalm but changed the wording slightly in Romans 3:
Does no one seek God?
Some people seek God. Even if they do, they are still sinners because everyone sins. Those who seek God will not be disappointed.
The verse does not assert that no one seeks God.1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
2The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Psalm 14 is poetry. It is not written in the language format of modern systematic theology. From the context, I gather that people are fools. They don't want to know God because they don't want to do good. By nature, people do not want to seek God.3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Paul cited this psalm but changed the wording slightly in Romans 3:
Paul asserted that no one seeks God in the sense that Jews and Greeks are under sin. We are all sinners. Fortunately, Jesus seeks us. Luke 19:10b For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one; 11no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Moreover, Deuteronomy 4:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Matthew 7:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
From my own personal experience, I remember that when I was a little kid, I sought God, whoever he was. That was before anyone told me anything about Jesus. When I became an adult, I became more materialistic and wanted proof and stopped seeking God. I was studying at a university when I called myself a Christian. Finally, God stopped my running away and found me7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Does no one seek God?
Some people seek God. Even if they do, they are still sinners because everyone sins. Those who seek God will not be disappointed.