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He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that The Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds...

The True Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in...

in Hebrews 2:9 and 2 Corinthians 5 and 1 John 2 it says He died for all. you have to add and take away from His Word in many places for your hypercalvanist position, but i simply believe His Word as it is written. for yet another example: we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all...

2 Corinthians 5:10-15 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also...

it is, because His blood is our propitiation. from my side, i am saying that His blood is sufficient for the whole world. but it wasn't enough that the Jews in the Exodus had a lamb for seder: it's blood had to be applied to the posts of the door. so there is a Way, but not all walk in it

just as Jesus said, condemned because they have not believed in Him, not because He was unwilling, incapable, or had not made a way for them to be saved.

tbh it sounds like you don't believe His blood is sufficient to cover all sin.

sure just not sure trees are resurrected or there will be new trees. in fact not sure there's a difference, but i know a resurrection of souls doesn't mean new souls, it means exactly those souls redeemed. that's really interesting point tho now i need to rethink trees :love: it would make...

every cockroach, yes. they don't have sin. every stick, not so sure. plants are not described as living souls but every creature is.

if we are talking about everyone, every creature, then we are naturally using general language. but if He only died for a specific subset of all, then the language should reflect that it isn't speaking generally but individually - but it doesn't. it's written as though it literally means all...

yes, but salvation coming to people from every nation is still consistent with His having died for all men. one clinching thing here that doesn't allow us to mess with the language is in 1 John 2:2 - - He is the propitiation four our sins, and not ours only, but the whole world. John isn't just...

all means all, not only some. God is pretty good at saying what He means.

you will of course understand why we all reject your private interpretations in favor of what Scripture actually says. He died for all, bearing the sins of many.

i think the Bible typically says things like 'all nations' when it means things like that :unsure:

God says "all" not "some" haven't you been paying attention?

this is what i mean by, you quote the scripture saying "all men" but you clearly do not believe what you quote. you scratch this word out of the Bible and replace it with "some" in your personal version. that is definitely not a good way to study scripture.

so you are a universalist? ((see your comment below))

how is it you are able to quote "every man" yet unable to read it? :coffee::unsure:

@brightfame52 what does scripture say? is salvation by grace through faith? or is salvation by death, apart from faith?

you seem to not be in agreement with anyone at all. but maybe you aren't comprehending what people are saying, and they likewise are not comprehending you. perhaps it would help if you give a straight answer to this question: if Christ died for someone but that person never believes in Him...