Do you think you can just muscle your way in here and hijack my thread? : )
As I have been saying over and over. This is about the verses I posted appearing to say all peoples are saved.
And in my eyes, because I speak English clearly, and I study them, they simply state all peoples are saved. And you appear to agree but change it to fit your theology of it meaning or speaking of just some. Yet they are clearly worded so that there can be no mistaking. All is all. The whole world is the whole world. All peoples means everybody. You have to completely ignore the Lords simply stated verses in order to have the theology you have. Seriously. What loving rational Christian would deny Jesus's simply stated word.
And I came in here to tell you that you are wrong and that your teaching that "everyone will be saved" is a false teaching. Only those who have faith in Christ will be saved. You're not paying attention to the other scriptures. All of those promises are to those who have will have received Christ and only them. What do you think happens to those who worship the beast and receive his mark? Do you think that they will be saved? Scripture already answers that question with a resounding "NO!" Go read what the second angel has to say about this in Revelation 14.
John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me.
All men = those who respond to God's in-birthing of faith regarding His Son.
I completely agree that only believers are saved. That every Knee shall bow in the end and all will praise God as it is simply written. How is the fear of eternal damnation helping you with your sins? That scare tactic isn't working. Most people shun the whole thing because it's obvious that a loving God that would cast children He made into eternal punish is an evil Satan and the religion is completely contradictive.
I'll answer the above with scripture from Jesus Himself speaking to His disciples and all believers;
"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." - Matt.10:28
As for me, I fear God and at the same time I know that because I have received Christ, that I have been credited with righteousness and have been reconciled to God. Since you asked, I am always conscious of my actions keeping my body under control and glorifying God by keeping my body and actions pure. If I fail at anytime, i.e. commit sin, I confess my sins and He is faithful and just to forgive me my sins and to cleanse me of all unrighteousness, just as the Lord does for every true believer. Anyone who attempts to take advantage of God's grace by willfully continuing in sin does so at His own peril. The Lord knows those who belong to Him.
So much so that it is perplexing how people can be so self righteous while yet still sinners and think they are saved solely because they claim to believe. When Jesus said simply:
If you believe, keep my commands. So in all reality, sinners cant be real believers and need saving just as much as those who just outright reject it. Repent then be baptized. Let he who is without sin cast the first child into the lake.
First of all, the "commands" listed in the scripture above are not speaking about the Torah i.e. law of Moses. Below are the commandments that He is speaking of:
"Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us."
Anyone who trusts in the keeping of the law, the ten commandments, abstaining from foods, observing the Sabbath on a particular day, as requirements for salvation will not inherit the kingdom of God. Anyone who brings in other requirements for salvation along side of the Lord's sacrifice, is basically saying to the Lord, "Your sacrifice is insufficient." Trusting in ones own efforts will keep them out of the kingdom of God.
I don't think you understand the difference between the true believer who is keeping in step with the Holy Spirit vs. those who claiming to be in Christ and living according to the sinful nature.
But getting back to the issue, not all people are going to be saved. Only those who receive Christ as Lord and savior and are trusting in Him for their salvation. Those who have died in their sins from the beginning of history, the faithless, those never receiving Christ, when they die their spirits will depart from the body and will go into Sheol/Hades, like the rich man, and will be there in torment in flame until the end of the thousand years, where at which time they will stand before God at the great white throne judgment only to be thrown into the lake of fire.