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I believe all of scripture. And man opposing God with his own will is everywhere in the Bible. You just want to focus on one passage with no context.

Says the Bible nowhere.

I see you didn't answer my question.

But man can fall away and not be raised up on the last day.

Apparently, you don't like to fact the implications of your belief system. In what sense can he love the whole world, if he's chosen that most will perish with no chance at redemption?

Jesus fulfilled the father's will. That doesn't mean we always do. Matt 11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been...

Like I said, in your system, God doesn't love the little children of the world, only a few select individuals. Your system limits God's love and makes him hate most people for no reason.

But, God's will is not something that always happens. That's a Calvinist fallacy.

What is the will of the Father? "For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." But yes, faith will produce fruit.

Faith is belief and trust combined.

The reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ. Jesus said that he came to set the captives free. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah), Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the...

Can be. ... as in, the atonement was made for all, but is activated by faith. No one is irresistibly chosen for salvation.

All mankind are saved from his wrath? Not unless they repent! Salvation from wrath and salvation to eternal life are the same package deal.

The old " Every one" actually means only a few chosen people... weird. I guess God doesn't love the little children of the world after all in your twisted system.

Right. Because anyone can be saved.

Neither of these prove people are predestined. The first one doesn't say they were never of us, and the second is about people who have a fake faith. Nothing to do with OSAS...

Go back and read my last reply before that one.

Only in your mind.

The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Was David born a sheep or did he become one by following God? Mark 6:34 Jesus saw the huge...

Perhaps it's the metaphor that confuses you..when Jesus uses the metaphor of becoming a child of God, do you assume that person was always a child of God or that it's something one can become? When he uses the metaphor of the vine and branches, do you assume someone was always a branch, or is...