He came to seek and to save that which was Lost. to seek and to save are infinitives, aorist active infinitives which denotes a strict, unalterable
purpose and design. He came
for the explicit purpose of seeking and saving. which would mean "trying to seek" or "attempting to save."
- The aorist tense means the seeking and the saving are viewed as a single, fully achieved reality.
- In the legal mind of God, when Christ came, the rescue of the lost was as good as done. It signifies an effective purpose, not a wishful desire. [1, 2, 3, 4]
This is contradictory and thus confusing. First, you introduce its meaning saying, "which would mean 'trying to seek' or 'attempting to save,' and then you explain 'a single, fully achieved reality.' Which is it?
I agree with the points, just not your interpretation of the language which leads to your conclusion.
3. Destruction of the "Offer" Framework
Just as we saw with
exaireō in
Galatians 1:4, the infinitives of purpose in
Luke 19:10 shatter the idea that salvation is merely an "offer" left up to human choice.
- Christ did not come to make salvation possible if the lost choose to be found.
- He came to seek and to save.
- If a single person whom Christ came to save ends up eternally lost, then Christ failed to achieve the very purpose denoted by the infinitive. Because His power is sovereign, the purpose clause guarantees that every single elect person who was legally lost in Adam will be vitally found and saved by His life. [1, 2, 3]
Again, you interpret the language so that it leads to your conclusion, even though you weren't created in the image of John Calvin.
You qualify the lie of the first point by adding "if the lost choose to be found," as if that is an argument thatou anybody is making that the lost "choose to be found." What the saved do choose is to come to the Shepherd when He calls. They know His voice, that is, they know The Shepherd is calling by hearing, and trusting, "His voice" and come to Him. Look up the definitions of "voice." He certainly didn't call using the voice, "Yo bro whaaz up!" or "Hey, miserable son of a..."
And you qualify the lie that Christ failed to achieve the very purpose through denoting the infinitive which you started out confusing so how can you be trusted to not have miss it entirely? God is sovereign and everyone is lost, so why would he have to seek if the lost is the only thing he's sees value in seeking? He chose to come to seek and save of those he values, the lost, and exercise the thing of value that He gave them, all of them a measure that they can either chose to present to the Banker (as per the parable of the talents) who is interested in, and when the Master Who set them as steward of returns, the saved will show their profit, and the one remaining lost will show his sentiment that it meant nothing to him and his opinion that it would return no interest from anybody else. That steward shows his opinion that the faith given him is unprofitable. God word reveals what He came to seek in the lost, and not only that but He has interest in what you've done with the faith of which He had made you steward,
Summary
The infinitives in
Luke 19:10 denote the
sovereign intent and guaranteed execution of Christ's mission. He came with a specific legal mandate from the Father. The text proves that Christ’s arrival in time was the direct outworking of the eternal decree to find the elect, break their permanent veil, and bring them safely into vital union. [
1] AI
It is apparent that Jesus provides us an indication of what He seeks to save among the lost, "When I come, will I find faith in the earth?" That is the Father's mandate. Father distributed, in sufficient measure whatever measure given at all even if it is only the size of a mustard seed, the capability to all those created in His image to exercise their faith in His Son as the
full expression of His image, and accepting no discounts. Jesus says, "No one can come to Me unless My father draws Him." God isn't going to draw anyone discounting His Son to His Son. He isn't going to accept any bride that doesn't recognize, and honor, the full value of His Son.
I only wish I had that capability to be able to know the full extent of my son's value in his potential bride.
