John 12:31-32
God draws us with loving kindness .
Yes, bro, I agree with John, but does drawing all men mean all will come?
Only those God gives to Jesus WILL come. All hear the words, but hearing means different things, too, context
provides clues, unless one is a universalist, because Jesus says all who hear will live, and it is a reference to
future life. Jesus says those with ears to hear, let them hear. Well, who has those and where did they come from?
I did not gift myself with ears to hear and eyes to see or a heart equipped to love God. God did those things for me
I was raised to new life while I was dead in my sins.
John 5:24-25 ~ Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
“God draws us with loving kindness .
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And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying
what death he should die.”
John 12:32-33 KJV
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
1 John 3:16
So then the message found in the gospel ?
“For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 KJV
and responding to it as if you believe it ?
“Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
“and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 KJV
God wants everyone to hear and believe the truth and be saved
“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of
God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
1 Timothy 2:3-4 KJV
“Yes, bro, I agree with John, but does drawing all men mean all will come? “
No it sure doesn’t . exactly . All are
invited by God , but some will not come by thier own Will when they hear the same invite and message as those who respond to the invite of the gospel when they hear it
the gospel is the true message of Gods loving kindness that can save sinners, But only if they hear and believe it and respond in faith
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but
he that believeth not shall be damned.
And they went forth, and
preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”
Mark 16:15-16, 20 KJV
All souls belong to him sister
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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:4 KJV
he loved the whole world so he died to save it , but many are t going to believe the message of the gospel
“and
he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
And hereby
we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
1 John 2:2-4
“For therefore
we both labour and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men,
specially of those that believe.”
1 Timothy 4:10 KJV
Hes everyones savior some won’t accept it only the ones who do will be saved who repent and believe the gospel
It’s this
“Then
Peter opened his mouth, and
said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but
in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”
Acts 10:34-35 KJV
“Then
opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus
it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And
ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but
tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
Luke 24:45-49 KJV
Everyone’s the same now it’s a call to sinners to repentance and salvation in Christ . It’s the gospel message sis that he sent them out to preach and establish . The same message we all read and argue about today lol there’s power in it to change hearts and minds for Jesus
the message of a sinners redemption through his Gods provision just because the sinner turns from his sin and believes in the lord who came to save him . All that mercy and forgivness undersrsnding and forebearance all that behavior is like a father who lives mankind and not a god on a throwing thunderbolts at sinners demanding everyone crawl and beg and bow ect
The lord Jesus coming as one of us being without sin yet willingly suffering and dying on our behalf along side of sinners and for us sinners who were all lost ….so we can be saved . the true message is from God and has power I like the niv
translation “ the word of God is living and active “
When your reading in the gospel how israel couldn’t believe sis it’s the result of a curse for law breaking over many generations it was fulfilled in them under that cofenant before Jesus died and rose
“And
in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For
this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest at any time they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And should understand with their heart, And should be converted, and I should heal them.”
Matthew 13:14-15 KJV
He then sent the gospel to everyone both Jew and gentile all humans who hesr words can hear the gospel but some will not like or receive the message it easily offends people it calls us to change our ways or perish
