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God is Not a Beggar
- Thread starter KenH
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Stealing for @Van
The actual Christ of the Bible has saved all those given Him by God based on crediting their faith as righteousness, but more than that the Christ of the Bible is the means of reconciliation for the whole of humanity, those to be saved and those never to be saved, 1 Timothy 2:5 and 2 Peter 2:1.
Yes, this is clear to bible believers throughout church history. Religious people might not get it however.
Silverhair
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Your post would mean that you hold to universalism. But since we know that is not a biblical view then we should look to the bible to find the truth
What does the bible tell us about whom Christ died for?
1Jn 2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1Ti 4:10 To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
Rom 5:6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
So why did the Father send the Son?
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Joh 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
1Ti 2:3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
1Ti 2:4 who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1Ti 2:6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
So since He came to save sinners and we all fit into that group then He came to save all.
Rom 5:9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Rom 5:11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Those that will freely trust in the risen Son will be saved.
Rom 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
Rom 10:13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Eph 1:13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Eph 1:14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
The Lord does not beg but He does offer the gift of salvation to all. Those that will freely respond to the offer will be saved by our gracious Lord.
Eph 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Eph 2:9 not by works, so that no one can boast.