A month ago, I did a two part series that totally destroyed a popular myth that God treats all men equally. In my 6738, I argued from the perspective of Special Revelation, providing several passages that refute this juvenile fantasy. And in my 6739, I argued from the angle of Natural Revelation (reality as we all know it) to show how God treats everyone on an individual basis that fits no fixed, paradigmatic mold whatsoever, except, of course, that God does all according to his own sovereign, perfect will which is never contingent upon any of His moral creatures.
Along this same line of reasoning, I showed from scripture that God does not give grace to all w/o exception because He bestows his grace only to the humble.
Likewise, God does not give his precious New Covenant gift of the Fear of the Lord to everyone on the planet since that promise was made to only God's chosen, covenant people.
Additionally, God never made a redemptive covenant with each and every person in the world. God's promise to Abraham is that He would make the patriarch the [spiritual] father of a multitude of nations.
Furthermore, God is the God of only the
LIVING. God is not the God of the dead! In fact, at the end of this age at the general resurrection, the dead will be loathed by Him!
And of course, in Jn 17, we know that Jesus explicitly omitted the world (of which He is not a part) from his His Priestly Prayer. And this thought brings me to the reason for this particular post:
Prayer! Yet, another fly in the poisonous, toxic, vile ointment of FWT is that this God who supposedly loves each and every person in the world w/o exception, who sent his Son to this planet to die for all w/o exception, and who treats every man, woman and child equally at all times under all circumstances does not hear the prayers of sinners that FWers allege he loves so much and sent his Son to atone for their sins. And this fact is another nail in the FWT coffin that implies that God is a big DEI advocate! That he treats all equally! (It's sad how much FWers have in common with God-hating liberals!)
Anyway...here's a passage for all to consider:
John 9:31
31 "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing, and does His will, He hears him.
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Notice once again how critically important and indispensable is this gracious New Covenant gift of the Fear of of God . God hears the prayers of those who Fear Him and do His will! Obviously, the Lord has
determined in eternity past to turn a deaf ear to the prayers of sinners, while simultaneously
determining to favor God-fearers with his attention, his ear, his compassion, his mercy, his grace -- and above all else his unfailing covenantal, filial love which moves him to act with such kindness to his people. And this love He
explicitly lavishes upon those who are righteous (Ps 146:8), who Fear Him (Ps 103: 11, 17) and who trust Him (Ps 32:10).
Everyone have a plesant evening....
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The Greeks understood and rejected – in Acts 17 they mocked Paul when they heard of the resurrection of the dead (Acts 17:32). Scripture does not say they do not understand ... they understand and mockingly believe the gospel is foolishness.
