So we have looked at scripture that shows that God is sovereign and uses evil to accomplish his mission. Now, let’s look at what God wants to accomplish or what His will actually is: God wants (wills) all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). This is God’s will and it is His intention to accomplish. This is why understanding that man does not have free will and that God is sovereign is so important. If we believe that we can act independently from God, then we make 1 Timothy 2:4 a weak wish from a pathetic god.
It comes down to whether we actually believe that God is all-loving and all-powerful. Sure, Christians and other factions will say that He is, but do they actually believe it? If God wants all men to be saved but cannot save them, or they end up in some eternal hell, can God really be all-powerful? He cannot even bring His own creation into submission of His own desires. Therefore, the belief is that human free-will (if someone chooses to reject Christ in this life) is stronger than the will of God. So, in essence, God cannot achieve His will and is at the mercy of man’s free-will. This belief flies in the face of all the scripture that point to God’s sovereign power. On the other hand, some will argue that God does not will or want every human being to be saved, thus retaining His all-powerful status. But, He has predestined some people to be created only for their end to be eternal torture in hell or annihilation. In that case, God created humans for the sole purpose of torturing them and doesn’t even want to save them. Therefore, God could not possibly be all loving.
The only way God can be all loving and all powerful is if He loves enough to will all people to be saved and then has the power to complete His will. The Holy Scriptures attest to the fact that God will do this very thing. It is religion that denies the truth of God and then attaches the name of Jesus to their lies.
If you believe scripture, I don’t think one can debate the fact that God chooses and predestines. For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His son…(Romans 8:29). So God does as He pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: What have you done (Daniel 4:35). God can do what He wants and the bible says that He wants all men to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4). Free will, nor any power in the universe, whether real or imagined, can hold back His hand.
Some people, especially Christians, will argue: God did not make us robots! No, He didn’t make us robots. But, we are clay in His hands; the bible is clear on that. This argument that “God did not make us robots and wants us to love Him because we choose to love Him” doesn’t make any sense when you look at it. Why doesn’t this make any sense? It doesn’t make any sense because it assumes that we are free from all sources of influence. The scriptures are riddled with verses that prove that humans are influenced by the flesh, Satan and many other forces. Therefore, if God stepped aside and required us to choose Him on our own, it still would not be free. We would still be influenced by our carnality and circumstances. That is why “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up on the last day (John 6:44).” Jesus’ own words, repeatedly, tell us that God brings people to His son. Otherwise, we would all remain blinded. The god of this age (Satan) has blinded the eyes of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:4). We cannot come to God until God chooses to bring us to Him. It is by His will, His love and His timing.
Now, I believe the scriptures are clear that God, through Jesus Christ will save every single person who did, is and will walk the face of the earth, but that does not mean there is no process to salvation. Before I get into the process, clarification may be needed. I do not believe that anyone will be saved apart from Jesus Christ. Unitarian Universalism and other religions believe that nothing matters and people just go to some paradise when they die. They don’t put any stock into what a person believes. I simply do not believe this and it is scripturally inaccurate. The truth is that I do believe all humanity will be with God, however, they will have everlasting life with God because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everyone will be saved, but each one will be saved by Jesus Christ, individually. There is no other way to be saved. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). Jesus answered, “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6).”
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