No — according to the Bible and Les Feldick's teaching, no human being naturally seeks God; God is always the seeker.
Scripture says that men loved darkness rather than light and that everyone doing evil hates the light (John 3:19–20). Les Feldick repeatedly states, 'No human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker.' Any desire for God is placed there by God first, and even the believer's longing for God comes after God draws that person into relationship.
John 3:19–20 — Shows that fallen mankind avoids the light and does not naturally search for God.
John 6:37 — Jesus says those who come to Him are given by the Father, indicating God makes the first move.
Acts 17:26–27 — God placed people near Himself so they could feel after Him and find Him, showing seeking is God's arrangement.
The Bible does not show fallen mankind as naturally searching for God. In John's Gospel, Jesus says, 'And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil' (John 3:19). And John 3:20 says, 'For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.' This describes hearts that avoid the light rather than seek the One who is light. Jesus also ties coming to Himself to the Father's prior action: 'All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out' (John 6:37). The gospel record accordingly places the origin of the seeker's response in the Father's giving. Acts 17:26–27 describes God's sovereign arrangement: He made all nations of one blood and appointed their times and boundaries, 'that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.' This shows God putting people in a situation where they can find Him because He is near — not a natural human inclination to look for Him.
Les Feldick is emphatic: 'No human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker.' He says, 'You and I can't seek God, it's not in us,' and 'No unbeliever is going to go running after God.' If a person suddenly has an appetite for the things of God, Les says God put it there first. In salvation, Jesus' words 'All that the Father giveth me shall come to me' prove that God makes the first move. Les also points to Lydia as an example: 'It was God that opened her heart, not her.' Les adds that a believer should never take credit for coming to God. He says, 'God found you, and brought you to the place where you believe.' He also teaches that God uses human beings to promote His salvation; He has not left the proclamation of the Word to angels. Finally, Les contrasts the unsaved and saved heart. Before God brings someone into relationship, 'what did we do? We ran. That's human nature.' But after salvation, the believer can say with David, 'As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.'
God is the seeker and He makes the first move. In John 6:37 Jesus says all that the Father gives to Him will come to Him, and the one who comes He will not cast out. Les Feldick says God prompts the human response, using Lydia as an example: 'It was God that opened her heart, not her.' God then uses human messengers — such as Paul and believers today — to promote His salvation.
Les Feldick teaches that before salvation people run from God — 'That's human nature.' But once God brings someone into the relationship, the desire turns around. As David wrote, 'As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' Les says that after we come into this relationship, 'we just can't get enough of God.'
Les says, 'Man in his own desire will never seek God. God is the seeker. If you're a believer here today, don't give yourself credit for having found salvation. No you did not. God found you, and brought you to the place where you believe.' This is why salvation is always initiated by God, not by human seeking.
Why Israel Failed to Enter the Promised Land (Exodus 23 & Deut 1)
mercy seat, he came all the way through and sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat as the high priest of Israel, what did Christ do for us? Well, He did the same thing, only instead of going into the tabernacle of Israel or into Solomon's temple, He went into the tabernacle where? In heaven.
No Human Being Ever Seeks God
Les directly states that no human being ever seeks God and that God is always the one who seeks and makes the first move.
It Is Not in Us to Seek God
Les teaches that it is not in a person to seek God; any appetite for God is placed there by God first, and John 6:37 shows the Father giving people to Jesus.
God Found You
Les says no one should take credit for finding salvation because God found them and brought them to belief, just as God opened Lydia's heart.
Seeking God Is Impossible
Les warns against anyone who says to seek after God, calling it impossible, and explains from John 6:37 that God makes the first move.
God Uses Human Messengers
Even though people do not naturally seek God, God uses fellow human beings to promote His salvation to others.
God Places People Near Himself
Les reads Acts 17:26–27, where God made all nations from one blood and determined their times and places so they might feel after Him and find Him, since He is not far away.
People Run From God Before Salvation
Les says that before salvation people run from God, which is human nature; only after God brings them into relationship does the heart pant after God.
John 3:19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Explains why fallen humans do not naturally come to the light of God.
John 3:20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Directly says evildoers hate the light instead of seeking it.
John 6:37: All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Shows that coming to Christ is the result of the Father giving that person to Jesus.
Psalm 42:1: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Describes the believer's longing for God after being brought into relationship, not a natural unsaved desire.
Acts 17:26–27: And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
God's sovereign arrangement allows people to seek and find Him because He is not far away.
No. Jesus said men loved darkness rather than light, and that everyone doing evil hates the light (John 3:19–20). Les Feldick says, 'No human being ever seeks God. God is always the seeker.'
The verse shows God's arrangement: He made all nations of one blood and determined their times and boundaries, so that they might feel after Him and find Him, 'though he be not far from every one of us.' Seeking is possible because God is near and because God makes the first move.
He said, 'Don't you ever believe anyone when they say, oh seek this, seek after God. It's impossible.' He teaches that men cannot seek God by their own desire.
Yes. Les uses Psalm 42:1 to show that after God brings someone into relationship, the soul pants after God. Before that, people run from God — that is human nature.
Watch the Teaching: Why Israel Failed to Enter the Promised Land (Exodus 23 & Deut 1)