No, he really doesn't. It's not a "need." If it was a need, many of us (if not everyone) would have died young from not getting the need met.
It's not something anyone but God can get through to us about. And since the Jesus is the one who gathers, and he gathers all the ones the Father gives him, and loses not one, all this is in his hands. Not ours.
We can quote the entire Bible and debate every single verse. In the end, it is still God who does the work to get his people to be his people. Not our long discourse.
You're in your 70s. Honestly, has anyone ever convinced you that you're saved yet? Judging from what you've written, not yet. So, if you haven't been convinced, how are you planning on convincing someone else?
And, I'm the other way. I am absolutely convinced. Still can't convince anyone else. God convinced me, not man. And it took him decades to do that.
So, nope. Really don't see how anyone will be able to convince someone else.
It's not something anyone but God can get through to us about. And since the Jesus is the one who gathers, and he gathers all the ones the Father gives him, and loses not one, all this is in his hands. Not ours.
We can quote the entire Bible and debate every single verse. In the end, it is still God who does the work to get his people to be his people. Not our long discourse.
You're in your 70s. Honestly, has anyone ever convinced you that you're saved yet? Judging from what you've written, not yet. So, if you haven't been convinced, how are you planning on convincing someone else?
And, I'm the other way. I am absolutely convinced. Still can't convince anyone else. God convinced me, not man. And it took him decades to do that.
So, nope. Really don't see how anyone will be able to convince someone else.