Fascinating, Johann, you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) in the detailed first paragraph addressed to you, and you latch onto the short second paragraph addressed specifically to two others.
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that post #7,281 opens with an absolutely awesome event occurring about God's desire (desire=unsatisfied state) for Lord Jesus says "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling" (Matthew 23:37) in extremely close proximity to the timeframe of when God's desire regarding Jerusalem "to gather your children together" was satisfied as the Apostle Matthew records "And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, 'Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!'" as Christ triumphantly rode Jerusalem (Matthew 21:9). Hallelujah, Almighty God's desire satisfied!
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that post #7,281 is about 1,147 words (post #7,281) while your post was about 1,029 words (post #7,212) and your other subsequent response was about 1,691 words (post #7,292) - all while you applied "data dump" to post #7,281.
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that post #7,281 exposes your non-Word of God traditions of men (Matthew 15:9) in your posts #7,212 and #7,292 such as when you conveyed that by free-will "believers must respond by actively working out their salvation" in your post #7,292 yet the Holy Spirit through Paul attributes the very deep "believers must respond by actively working out their salvation" to truly be God working the will and works of us believers with "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:12-13).
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that post #7,281 which you wrote of as being "too long for me to respond" then later you responded with your post #7,292 demonstrates your lack of Truth (John 14:6).
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that post #7,281 dispells the myth of "free-will choosing to respond" according to the Word of God “he who practices the Truth comes to the Light, that his works may be revealed, that they are having been worked in God” (John 3:21).
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) regarding:
1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
(1 Timothy 2:1-4)
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that the letter to Titus is a letter among people sharing a common faith, not individual free-will faiths, for the faith is fully delivered into man by the work of God (John 6:29) - the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness as shown in the letter!s salutation:
1 Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, 2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, 3 but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior
(Titus 1:1-4)
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that you wrote "The phrase is the same, and here it obviously refers to everyone, not just the elect" of (Titus 2:11).
You wrote you are here "for truth", but you skipped the Truth (John 14:6) that your heart's "Titus 2:11 all men obviously refers to everyone" leads to the following situation for fleshly people, dead in sin, ungodly multitude, unbelievers in relation to God according to your Free-willian Philosophy:
- God brought salvation to Tom, independently before Tom heard of God. if Tom of the world chooses to believe in Christ before he dies, then God must profit Tom with eternal life being saved from the wrath of God.
- God brought salvation to Nancy, independently before Nancy heard of God. if Nancy of the world chooses to believe not in Christ right until her dying thoughts, then God must punish Nancy with eternal damnation being under the wrath of God.
- The conclusion: Christ's salvation succeeded in saving Tom of the world, and Christ's salvation failed in saving Nancy of the world.
God’s good pleasure is the core of the matter regarding God's will in "who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4) because the Holy Spirit makes clear "it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
All glory to God!
