[jude24]

God would offer this gift to all but then only allow some to accept it? Isn't that kind of like offering candy to children but jerking it back when they reach for it?

It's more like offering candy to a group of hardened candy-haters. The hand remains unmoved, the offer still on the table, but because we are hardened sinners who hate God, apart from his intervention, we'd all reject His gospel.

[SoothingDave]

It's more like offering candy to a group of hardened candy-haters. The hand remains unmoved, the offer still on the table, but because we are hardened sinners who hate God, apart from his intervention, we'd all reject His gospel.

Who decided the candy-haters would hate candy? Isn't God sovereign? Didn't He decide to create creation this way?

SD