My view? Jesus appears to those who have earned it - through their faith, discipline and righteousness.
Very few of us are born being able to figure out calculus, but with the help of a teacher, many more of us can achieve it. Who will the teacher most help? Those students who don’t care? Or those who are trying hard to learn and achieve?
Disagree completely. Saul of Tarsus, the murdering persecutor of believers, confronted and converted by Christ Himself on the road to Damascus.
My view? Jesus appears to those who have earned it
Now the real question, did you earn salivation?
So, if using mathematics as an analogy, the Words states “if you transpose even one decimal point, you are guilty of failing even the simplest equation and you cannot enter in...
It is, per Christ Himself, not about us, it is all about Him, being the Lord God Almighty, in human form.
Once we accept that He alone is our righteousness, then we may begin a journey of becoming (more) like Christ....; until then, not ready for the test (”reprobate” per KJV).
He is Risen!
God is no respecter of persons.....He is free to do good for any of His choosing......Paul comes to mind who certainly wasn't the least bit "worthy".