It pleases Him to offer salvation to all people, but He does not force all people to accept it. You are reading verses like this with extreme bias and not understanding the context.
Dear Spiritual Israelite,
You said:
Scripture very clearly teaches that it was God's will to send His Son to die for the sins "of the whole world" (1 John 2:2) and nothing could stop that, but it's His desire that all people would be saved, and yet not all people are saved (and scripture doesn't teach that will ever happen).
The verses I posted are very clear. There is no difference between God's "will" and His desires. He will accomplish them both.
You have chosen to believe that Christ is more like mankind who can't fulfill all their desires. Your understanding of God is very flawed.
Your doctrines also make Christ out to be a failure who cannot accomplish the mission His Father gave Him:
1John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Do you believe this verse below?
Dan 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
If Christ desires anything, He will fulfill that desire. However, believers who have the indwelling of the spirit of anti-Christ believe that mankind's "will" is just as strong as God's "will". These believers sit in God's temple and claim that they are just as powerful as God and that they can thwart His "will" and desires. These believers have been deceived into believing that mankind's "will" is too strong for Christ to overcome; or they believe that some people are just too evil or foolish for Christ to save them. But concerning themselves, they believe that they are wiser or smarter because they made the right choice to accept Christ. As a result, these believers
privately believe that they are worthy of their salvation and that they do have something to boast about. But the truth is, these believers are still
under the Law and will be rejected by Christ upon their resurrection if He doesn't "come again" to them before they die. If He doesn't come to them a second time, they will not be an "heir" or a First Fruit of Christ's harvest of mankind.
Mankind is saved solely by the spiritual work of Christ which He does
within carnally minded and sinful mankind. If Christ does not do His work within a person
beforehand, they cannot possibly call Jesus "Lord".
1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
Only AFTER Christ comes to a person and freely gives them the gift of the Holy Spirit (without their asking and without their permission) will their heart and mind be changed so that they will freely make the confession of faith. If Christ wanted to save all mankind today, He could do it. However, Christ has established a plan to save all mankind; in this age, Christ is only bringing in the harvest of First Fruits. They are chosen and blessed. They are the only ones who Christ will save in this age. The bulk of mankind will only be saved at the end of the final age.
Where is your faith to believe these verses below?
Acts 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
1Cor 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
1Cor 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Phi 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 and that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
You said:
It pleases Him to offer salvation to all people, but He does not force all people to accept it. You are reading verses like this with extreme bias and not understanding the context.
When Christ freely gives a person the Holy Spirit, their heart and mind will be changed so that they will freely and willingly make the confession of faith and call Him "Lord".
Christ never forces anyone to make the confession of faith but He does freely give the Spirit to us. And with the Spirit, our hearts and minds will be changed so that we all willingly accept Christ as Lord.
Do you believe this verse below?
Prov 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Your belief in the Doctrine of Free Will is contradicted by this verse. That doctrine is a lie from Satan.
Paul was the "pattern" whereby the Elect will be saved. Paul was on the Damascus Road to persecute Christians. But after Christ gave Paul the Early Rain of the Spirit, Paul fell to his knees and called Jesus "Lord". If Christ can save Paul (the chief of sinners), He can also change the hearts and minds of everyone else just as quickly.
You said:
LOL. This is what people do when their views are thoroughly refuted. They start making things up. No, sorry. Forever and ever means just that. For eternity. You are so horribly deceived with your cultish universalist beliefs.
Here is scriptural proof that "aion aion" means "ages of the ages".
Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever (aion aion).
Paul says that Christ's reign will come to an end when He defeats the last enemy which is death:
1Cor 15:24 Then cometh the consummation, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
So which is it? Does Christ's reign comes to an end at the end of the final age or does He just keep reigning for ever and ever even though He has completed the mission His Father gave Him to accomplish?
You said:
This is utter nonsense. Just completely ridiculous. You come across as though you have been brainwashed.
Paul said that "wolves" would come into the church after his departing and not spare ANY of the flock. Paul also said that the apostasy was coming. Finally, Paul and John both said that the spirit of anti-Christ was coming and was, in fact, already there.
Do you believe the apostasy never happened to the church?
Paul says that no one will be spared from the apostasy.
When do you believe the church came out from Satan's deceptions and started following the truth of Christ?
I can tell you will 100% certainty that Satan has never left the church and is still reigning from within it by his spirit of anti-Christ. This is the "strong delusion" Paul spoke of in the verse below:
2Thes 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
The "lie" this verse mentions is that
Satan is actually Christ. Satan, via the spirit of anti-Christ,
masquerades as Christ to deceive the church from within. There are no verses of scripture which teach that Satan has left or will ever leave the church. The only hope is for Christ to "come again" and destroy the spirit of anti-Christ from within
each fallen away believer in the church. Christ does this at
a time of His choosing and not ours.
In this age, Christ will only "come again" to His Elect. When He comes to them, He will pour out the Latter Rain of the Spirit and they will be restored to true faith and will receive their promised salvation. For everyone else in the apostate church, they will die in their sins and be resurrected to judgment.
However, by the end of the final age, Christ will have come to all mankind and will have given them all the free gift of the Holy Spirit. He gives it to them because of His grace and not because they are worthy to receive it.
Then, this verse below will be
testified (proven) to be true:
1Tim 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; 4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Where is your faith to believe Christ can actually accomplish all that He has said He will do?
Joe