The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved

Our Lady of the Rosary Library ^ | St. Leonard of Port Maurice

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

You believe in a God who does not offer salvation to every man, who believes that Christ did not die so that all men might have salvation.

No, I don't, Sinkspur.
So let's get this clear and out of the way.

• I believe in a God who DOES OFFER Salvation to EVERY MAN.
  Freely. No Refusals. No Denials. No Exceptions.

• I believe that Christ DID DIE so that ALL MEN might have Salvation.
  Every single one. His Blood is Sufficient (and freely available) for All. Whosoever will may come. WHOSOEVER.

Now, you can tell yourself that I "don't really" believe that. But I really, really do, Sinkspur.

Where we differ is whether or not an Unregenerate, God-Hating (Romans 8:5-8), Spiritually-Insane (Ecclesiastes 9:3) Fallen Son of Adam ever WILL "choose Christ", UNLESS God regenerates him unto Spiritual Life and Love FIRST.

In other words, whether God truly does "Love us" (chooses for us, by your definition) before we first "Love Him".

At the end of the day, you honestly don't believe that Fallen Man truly is spiritually dead.

That sounds like hyperbole on my part, but it's not.

You truly believe that the Corpse of Lazarus will "choose Christ", before Christ first raises him to Life. It's not so much about our definition of God, Sinkspur. It's mainly about our definition of Man.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

In your Theology, you've bought into the Lie of Eden.

And that, as said Robert Frost... has made all the difference.

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with best regards, OP