Starman3000m
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One of the scenes I remembered was - when God was satisfied that He could leave the world in good hands, while He went on a well-deserved vacation - 7 days, He was bidding Bruce farewell, whe Bruce stopped Him with a very serious question:
"If You have given mankind the measure of Free Will, then how do you get them to love you?"
God replied: "Now you see where My problem is."
THAT floored me; I sat there for many minutes, in awe of what I just witnessed.
BINGO! If God had pre-conditioned and created people to eventually end up loving and obeying Him, that would not be a sincere display of true love nor appreciation for who He is and what He has done for us. He already has His host of perfect and obedient angelic beings who serve Him in heaven since the foundation of the earth.
God really wants people to choose to love Him and do His Will; not because they have or are programmed to but because they (of their own free-will) want to! This encompasses the comprehension and acknowledgment of one's sinner self - knowing that our good will never be good enough to merit entry into Heaven. It is a realization that we can only be saved by the Grace of God who provided His Plan of Salvation through the Perfect Atoning Blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, as mentioned in the New Testament accounts.
God is willing that no man should perish but that all would come to repentance:
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
Not all choose to come to repentance.
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