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NASB | Matthew 22:14 "For many are called, but few are chosen." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:14 "For many are called (invited, summoned), but few are chosen." |
Subject: Is God Lord over all except human will |
Bible Note: Dear NC, 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. Even if "any" refers to any in a universal sense and not to "any" in the sense of the elect, God must be willing in another sense FOR people to perish because it happens. Therefore, it may not please Him that they perish but He does not prevent it, which He could if He pleased. John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world But what is the universal response to the True Light? John 3:20 "For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Who among the sons and daughters of Adam does not do evil? If I were to follow your logic, I would have to believe that God merely makes salvation a possibility. But it is up to man to make it happen. Which means only those who have a spark of "good" in them will repent. Meanwhile God stands by helpless in the face of man's stubborn rebellion. I just don't see it that way! God is almighty and soverign. He does as He pleases among the inhabitants of the earth. At the same time, man is responsible for his own actions. How these two facts can exist at the same time God has not told us. Nevertheless it is so. John |