When the Lord came to Abram for the first time, in the Scipture,
He made a
Promise :
1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that
I will shew thee:
2And
I will make of thee a great nation, and
I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
https://saintebible.com/genesis/12-3.htm
3And
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and
in thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12)
...all families of the earth...said the Lord.
So did the Promise of God, which find His fulfilment in Jesus-Christ, rejected anyone ? Did It contain some people, and not other ? I'm not talking by myself, and I think we can all agree, if we're honest, that the Scripture is very clear.
By
faith, and I precise it because
that is, precisely, the fundation of this Promise, the Lord made a
Promise in favour of Abram, and all the families of the earth.
So what is in the heart of the Lord ? What is the nature of this Promise ? Full of
goodness. Nothing was expected from Abram,
everything was said in direction of his
faith.
Did Abram had to do something in return ? Him or "all the families" ? What does the Scripture say ? "
I will..."
Against all odds, counting what happened in the land of Shinar, with Babel, to list only a few. Just after that came a Promise of God, in grace fo the world. Why did He not detroy the world instead ? Why did He not punish man ? He did the exact opposite, by
blessing the whole world through a Promise, by
faith.
Fortunately, He is righteous. And if someone is not okay with what He is, with His only goodness, whith His grace, with his wonders, He will accept it. He won't ever force man, for anything. He plan a other kingdom for those who don't like what He is. And here again, it is because He is good. Otherwise, He would not act that way.
For anyone who does not rejoice in His free gift, He condemn himself.
Not because God did,
and never will, but because He condemn himself, by rejecting God.
It is the devil that
kills, since the beginning. And there is a special place for him, that has
nothing in God. A place of torment, because, what is left when there is no goodness at all...?
The devil is still killing people, avoiding man to be carried by the Lord Himself, and prevent him to receive all His graces, in Jesus-Christ. So, yes, he has a power, which is not of God, and Jesus said it. "He has nothing in me".
Hugo