Firstly, I would like to extend a cordial "Thank You" to @GodsGrace and @Jane_Doe22 for bearing the torch here.
I would argue no.
God did not desire for Cain to kill Able. I think we can all agree this act of murder displeased God.
Yet here we are.
Hebrews 4:6-7
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter [His rest], and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
Hebrews 3:6
...but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
I guess they don't really believe in His Sovereign Decree if they think He can't bring about His plan in spite of us.
I think Hebrews 10:15-17 might work here.
It's an act of mercy by God to withhold revelation of His will for man when He knows they will not obey.
@Preacher4Truth @Anthony D'Arienzo @Mjh29 @farouk @Laish @Kermos
Does God's foreknowledge CAUSE future things to happen?
Is God's foreknowledge a causation?
I would argue no.
God's creative ability did not stop there. He didn't say to them "Off you go and do your own thing and I will give you a helping hand occasionally."
God did not desire for Cain to kill Able. I think we can all agree this act of murder displeased God.
I happen to believe that mankind was not meant to die and that creation was not meant to decay.
Yet here we are.
OTOH, If it's ME that CHOOSES God, I can be sure I'm saved for as long as I DO NOT abandon God and and I KNOW if I do....simple concept.
Hebrews 4:6-7
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter [His rest], and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
Hebrews 3:6
...but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
If God is so sovereign, as calvinists state, surely He could do this simple task!
If He could create the entire universe and all the physical laws it holds...why could He not give us free will and ALSO cause HIS end game? There is no reason!
I guess they don't really believe in His Sovereign Decree if they think He can't bring about His plan in spite of us.
"what happens to those that have never heard of Jesus?" is one that is not point-blank answered in the Bible,
I think Hebrews 10:15-17 might work here.
He would only be making them all the more responsible for refusing to seek Him.
It's an act of mercy by God to withhold revelation of His will for man when He knows they will not obey.
@Preacher4Truth @Anthony D'Arienzo @Mjh29 @farouk @Laish @Kermos
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