Author	Thread: IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�?
dljrn04 View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 02:26 AM The salvation of any sinner is a matter of Divine power. By nature the sinner is at enmity with God, and naught but Divine power operating within him, can OVERCOME this enmity; hence it is written, "No man can come unto Me, EXCEPT the Father which hath sent Me DRAW him" (John 6:44). It is the Divine power overcoming the sinner�s innate enmity which makes him WILLING TO COME to Christ that he might have life. But this "enmity" is not overcome in all�why? Is it because the enmity is TOO STRONG to be overcome? Are there some hearts so steeled against Him that Christ is UNABLE to gain entrance? To answer in the affirmative is to DENY HIS OMNIPOTENCE. In the final analysis it is not a question of the sinner�s willingness or unwillingness, for by nature ALL are UNWILLING. Willingness to come to Christ is the finished product of Divine power operating in the human heart and will in overcoming man�s inherent and chronic "enmity," as it is written, "Thy people shall be willing in the day of THY POWER" (Ps. 110:3). To say that Christ is UNABLE to win to Himself those who are unwilling is to deny that all power in heaven and earth is His. To say that Christ cannot put forth His power without destroying man�s responsibility is a begging of the question here raised, for HE HAS put forth His power and made willing those who HAVE come to Him, and if He did this without destroying THEIR responsibility, why "cannot" He do so with others? If He is able to win the heart of one sinner to Himself, why not that of another? To say, as is usually said, the others WILL NOT LET HIM is to impeach His sufficiency. It is a question of HIS will. If the Lord Jesus has decreed, desired, purposed the salvation of all mankind, then the entire human race WILL BE SAVED, or, otherwise, He lacks the power to make good His intentions; and in such a case it could never be said, "He SHALL see of the travail of His soul and be SATISFIED." The issue raised involves THE DEITY of the Saviour, for a DEFEATED Saviour cannot be God! By nature, God�s elect are children of wrath EVEN AS OTHERS (Eph. 2:3), and as such their hearts are at enmity with God. But this "enmity" of theirs is overcome by the Spirit and He "compels" THEM to come in. Is it not clear then that the reason why OTHERS are left outside, is not only because they are UNWILLING to go in, but also because the Holy Spirit does not "compel" THEM to come in? Is it not manifest that the Holy Spirit is SOVEREIGN in the exercise of His power, and that as the wind "bloweth WHERE IT PLEASETH", so the Holy Spirit OPERATES WHERE HE PLEASES? A.W. Pink Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 05:17 AM "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness." :peace::peace: Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 05:17 AM "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness." :peace::peace: Post Reply
View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 07:40 AM The ability of the father to save man was complete when Jesus satan down at the right hand of the father. The ability and willingnes was fully, clearly revealed in Jesus redemption. The issue is for man to receive or reject the Gospel. What reformation theology presents as the truth is in denial of the gospel and thus proclaiming another Gospel contary to THE Gospel. Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 05:48 PM Ty for you opinion pj, it is to bad you have no scripture to prove it. Post Reply
View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 30 May, 2013 06:08 PM Man's requirement is faith in agreement with the word of God, he was never commissioned to prove it to anyone no more than god himself it was and is always man's choice. The evidence is the word of god whether man believes or rejects the word of God. Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 31 May, 2013 02:15 AM Ty for you opinion pj, it is to bad you have no scripture to prove it. Post Reply
View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 31 May, 2013 02:56 AM Ty for you opinion pj, it is to bad you have no scripture to prove it. Jesus Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 31 May, 2013 11:59 AM Ty for you opinion pj, it is to bad you have no scripture to prove it. Post Reply
View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 1 Jun, 2013 05:08 AM TC, can you blame a child for not understanding? We can not hear as well. Post Reply
View Profile History	IS GOD UNABLE TO SAVE MEN BECAUSE THEY ARE �UNWILLING�? Posted : 1 Jun, 2013 07:41 AM TC, can you blame a child for not understanding? We can not hear as well. If we can not hear it is because we choose not to. Whosoever is responsible for their unwillingness Post Reply

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