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How about asking a question that makes sense? They were given the chance during thier lives. What do you not understand about this?
Yes, just as I thought. Dismissing my question as a question that makes no sense. I knew you could not give a sound answer to that. And it sure does not make any sense to you and those who believe that Jesus made atonement for Adam, Eve, Cain, those whom God condemned and destroyed until the generation of Noah, those whom God condemned and destroyed in the flood in Noah's time, the Egyptian firstborns whom God killed in the Exodus, Pharaoh and his men whom God destroyed, the idolatrous children of Israel whom God killed in wilderness, those whom God killed in the taking of the land of Canaan, the false prophets, Judas, and all the pagans and sinners who had lived and died before the cross, whom God had given up to uncleanness, to vile passions, and to a debased mind. And the reason given why you believe such, is not that, scriptures says so, but that you simply believe that Jesus' atonement was, is, and will be, an offer to all men, dead or alive, which they either accept or not, which of course likewise makes no sense. Dead unsaved people at the time of the atonement just could not respond to such an offer. Besides, Jesus did not offer Himself to each and every human being, more so to dead people, for them to accept and make Him their sacrifice of atonement to be reconciled to God. Dead unsaved people at the time of Jesus' atonement, were awaiting judgment and atonement is of no matter. For it is appointed for men to die once, and after that, the judgment.
So you say, based on nothing, for no reason that is found in scripture. Again, if the others were not atoned for, they rebelled against God because there was no other option. Which would mean God created them for damnation and caused thier rebellion by leaving no other choice.
What I said was based on scriptural truth that Jesus was sent to save His people, those whom the Father had given Him, not each and every man that was, is, and will be.
Lol, now you are arguing against what? Universalism? Where did I say unsaved people will not be judged? The weight of scripture is on the side of universal Atonement, but not universal salvation. If you want to believe a falsehood, that's up to you. I'll go with the hundreds of verses that support atonement for all.
Nope. I was just stating that what I said was based on scriptural truth that Jesus was sent to save His people, those whom the Father had given Him, not each and every man that was, is, and will be, and not as you say was based on nothing and not found in scriptures.
This is counter to the idea of some being chosen. If one is chosen, that is God seeking him, not him seeking God. If everything we do is already predestined, there's no sense in which we are really doing any of it. It's called determinism.
Must not misuse scriptures. Who are the "you" in Jeremiah 29:13? For sure it's not referring to all mankind nor to just anyone.
In Jeremiah 29 it's referring to Israel. We are Israel, if we are in Christ. But I never quoted that verse?
I've read the whole book. Why do you believe that verse means grace isn't universal? It's referring to who? Can you tell me who his people are?
