Subject: Still don't have an answer |
Bible Note: Once again you should not add anything into scripture, 1 Peter 3:18 does not say "once for all" it says "once for sin." I guess in order to make your case you needed the ALL. You must understand that if Jesus had died for the sins of everyone then that would guarantee everyone heaven, there would be no need for hell since the wages of sin had been paid (Romans 6:23). If Christ died for the sins of Joe (who is in hell) then that would make God a liar if Joe still had to die for his own sins. The K.J.V. and N.K.J.V. both translate 2 Peter 3:9 to say "Longsuffering toward us" and the US or You is referring to saved . "Not willing that any should parish" the "any" must refer to those whom the Lord has chosen and will call to complete the redeemed. i.e., the "us." Since the whole passage is about God's destroying the wicked, His patience is not so He can save all of them, but so that He can receive all His own. He can't be waiting for everyone to be saved, since the emphasis is that He will destroy the world and the ungodly. Those who do perish and go to hell, go because they are depraved and worthy only of hell and have rejected the only remedy. Jesus Christ, not because they were created for hell and predetermined to go there. The path to damnation is the path of a non-repentant heart, it is the path of one who rejects the person and provision of Jesus Christ and holds on to sin (cf. Is.55:1; Jer.13:17; Ezek.18:32; Matt.11:28; 13:37; Luke 13:3; John 3:16; 8:21,24; 1 Tim.2:3,4; Rev.22:17). "all should come to repentance." "All" (cf. "us," "any") must refer to all who are God's people who will come to Christ to make up the full number of the people of God. The reason for the delay in Christ's coming and the attendant judgments is not because He is slow to keep His promise, or because He wants to judge more of the wicked, or because He is important in the face of wickedness. He delays His coming because He is patient and desires the time for His people to repent. |