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Here is the heart-felt question of one believer -
...do 'slacking soul-winners' result in MORE people going to hell? ...

...do diligent soul-winners result in MORE people going to heaven?
The Exhaustive Determinist answer is no, God determined those going to heaven, and thus the rest not going to heaven before creation.

The Scriptural answer is yes, diligent evangelism "hastens the day" thus more people per time interval, so the end of the age occurs sooner, resulting in less people not going to heaven.

Two very different gospels...

 

I thought the third paragraph of the OP presented the correct answer.

 

Apparently a poster thinks someone given to Christ for salvation could be lost. Nope But God gives individuals to Christ for salvation when He transfers them into Christ's spiritual body. Ditto posts 5, 6 and 7.

 

On day a Calvinist is going to surprise me and actually address my view, rather than a strawman misrepresentation.

Do slacking soul-winners result in more people going to Hades and Gehenna? Yes according to scripture.
Do diligent soul-winners result in more people going to heaven? The time to reach the number God has set for members of His people is unchanged, but the time to reach that number is decreased.
The Exhaustive Determinist view is unbiblical and wrong.

Is eternal salvation of God's people in their hands. If I had a nickel for every time a Calvinist has made that false charge, I could go to the store.

Did anyone say or suggest Jesus is dead? Nope. That Jesus sacrifice was in vain? Nope. That pen, ink and paper could save someone? Nope.

The Triune God saves those of His choosing.

Did the poster say why it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom than someone more needful? Nope

With God, all salvations are indeed possible.

Human witnesses acting as ambassadors of Christ, till ground, plant, water and these actions are used by God to increase the harvest.

Unless you believe in a different gospel.

 

2Pe 3:11-12
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

"Holy conduct and godliness includes diligent evangelism, and therefore "hastens the coming of t he day of God. .

 

Are you applying to become my disciple or just making an effort at ridicule?

I have certainly shared my understanding of the gospel, but I expect the naysayers to claim it was another gospel. When I taught Sunday School, I shared the gospel, or parts of it every week to several individuals, some children, or youths, but also adults.
I was an AWANA leader/director over two age groups of boys for several years. My witness at work was by example of Christian behavior and I have been told I presented Christ's compassion and kindness. Only God knows if my efforts helped produce eternal rewards or results in a nice fire. But, I do look forward to meeting my family in heaven, my "eternal rewards."

 

1) By hastening the return of Christ, fewer people would go to Hades and Gehenna. And I addressed this more than once before.

2) 2 Peter 3:11-12
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

"Holy conduct and godliness" includes diligent evangelism, and therefore the verse does support that "hastening the day" is accomplished by diligent evangelism.

3) As far as the King James family of versions having "unto the" no difference is found in the underlying Greek text, as their translation simply adds the word "unto" to their translation of a definite article, whereas nearly everybody else simply goes with "the." However, the NKJV simply drops the unto and goes with the more accurate "the."

4) Peter's inspired words speak for themselves, scripture means what it say. In a three point sermon, you do not say the Pastor did not mean anything by points two and three because he was speaking about point one in the same sermon.

5) Living our lives "holy and blameless" includes our efforts at "diligent evangelism."

 

Mark 1:38
He *said to them, “Let's go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may also preach there; for this is why I came.”

Mark 3:14
And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Note that many believe Mark's gospel is based primarily on the eyewitness testimony of Peter.

If we are diligent to do all that Christ commanded, 2 Peter 3:2, we cannot avoid Christ's call to be His ambassadors.

And I see you once again employ the absurdity that if one point is made, avoid stumbling, other points can be ignored. This is not a sound position.