The Offer of Salvation is given to "all" who choose to Believe!

[Gismys17]

The offer of salvation through faith is given to ""all"" who believe. This belief results in eternal salvation:

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

For this is the will of My Father, that ""everyone"" who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:40)

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires ""all"" men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3-4)

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for ""all"" to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of ""all"" men, especially of believers. (1 Timothy 4:10)

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to ""all"" men, (Titus 2:11)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ""all"" men to Myself." (John 12:32)

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to ""all"" men. (Romans 5:18)

For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for ""all""; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (Romans 6:10)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for ""all"", therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. (2 Corinthians 5:15)

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for ""all"" when He offered up Himself. (Hebrews 7:26-27)

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for ""all"", having obtained eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:11-12)

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for ""all"". (Hebrews 10:10)

For Christ also died for sins once for ""all"", the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (1 Peter 3:18)

 

[Rick Otto]

"All" is written within the context of understanding at the time, that salvation was for Jews only.
Eph 1:4 (among others) reveals whom God chooses (elects) to save. So to broaden the definition beyond context destroys the meaning.
That said, I applaud your concern.

 

[Gismys17]

The offer of salvation through faith is given to ""all"" who believe. This belief results in eternal salvation:

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

For this is the will of My Father, that ""everyone"" who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:40)

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires ""all"" men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3-4)

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for ""all"" to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of ""all"" men, especially of believers. (1 Timothy 4:10)

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to ""all"" men, (Titus 2:11)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ""all"" men to Myself." (John 12:32)

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to ""all"" men. (Romans 5:18)

For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for ""all""; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (Romans 6:10)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for ""all"", therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. (2 Corinthians 5:15)

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for ""all"" when He offered up Himself. (Hebrews 7:26-27)

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for ""all"", having obtained eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:11-12)

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for ""all"". (Hebrews 10:10)

For Christ also died for sins once for ""all"", the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (1 Peter 3:18)

Yes! God chooses (elects) to save those He knows by His foreknowledge will choose to become born again believers (God is outside time He is the Alpha and Omega=the Beginning and the Last.) Salvation is not just for the Jews!! But for "all"!!
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

 

[Kiterius]

If salvation goes to all who choose to believe, how is that not salvation by works?

 

[Gismys17]

If salvation goes to all who choose to believe, how is that not salvation by works?

Believing is not a work!!! it is the will of God that all choose to believe But your choice =believe or reject!!!

 

[Kiterius]

Believing is not a work!!! it is the will of God that all choose to believe But your choice =believe or reject!!!

Believing is a work. You're doing something with your brain.

 

[AvgJoe]

If salvation goes to all who choose to believe, how is that not salvation by works?

Our salvation depends solely upon Jesus Christ. He is our substitute, taking sin’s penalty (2 Corinthians 5:21); He is our Savior from sin (John 1:29); He is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). The work necessary to provide salvation was fully accomplished by Jesus Himself, who lived a perfect life, took God’s judgment for sin, and rose again from the dead (Hebrews 10:12).

The Bible is quite clear that our own works do not help merit salvation. We are saved “not because of righteous things we had done” (Titus 3:5). “Not by works” (Ephesians 2:9). “There is no one righteous, not even one” (Romans 3:10). This means that offering sacrifices, keeping the commandments, going to church, being baptized, and other good deeds are incapable of saving anyone. No matter how “good” we are, we can never measure up to God’s standard of holiness (Romans 3:23; Matthew 19:17; Isaiah 64:6).

The Bible is just as clear that salvation is conditional; God does not save everyone. The one condition for salvation is faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times in the New Testament, faith (or belief) is declared to be the sole condition for salvation (John 1:12; Acts 16:31).

One day, some people asked Jesus what they could do to please God: “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus immediately points them to faith: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent” (John 6:28-29). So, the question is about God’s requirements (plural), and Jesus’ answer is that God’s requirement (singular) is that you believe in Him.

Grace is God’s giving us something we cannot earn or deserve. According to Romans 11:6, “works” of any kind destroys grace—the idea is that a worker earns payment, while the recipient of grace simply receives it, unearned. Since salvation is all of grace, it cannot be earned. Faith, therefore, is a non-work. Faith cannot truly be considered a “work,” or else it would destroy grace. (See also Romans 4—Abraham’s salvation was dependent on faith in God, as opposed to any work he performed.)

Suppose someone anonymously sent you a check for $1,000,000. The money is yours if you want it, but you still must endorse the check. In no way can signing your name be considered earning the million dollars—the endorsement is a non-work. You can never boast about becoming a millionaire through sheer effort or your own business savvy. No, the million dollars was simply a gift, and signing your name was the only way to receive it. Similarly, exercising faith is the only way to receive the generous gift of God, and faith cannot be considered a work worthy of the gift.

True faith cannot be considered a work because true faith involves a cessation of our works in the flesh. True faith has as its object Jesus and His work on our behalf (Matthew 11:28-29; Hebrews 4:10).

To take this a step further, true faith cannot be considered a work because even faith is a gift from God, not something we produce on our own. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44).

 

[AvgJoe]

Believing is not a work!!! it is the will of God that all choose to believe But your choice =believe or reject!!!

John 6:28-29(NKJV)

28) Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29) Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”​

 

[Kiterius]

Our salvation depends solely upon Jesus Christ. He is our substitute, taking sin’s penalty (2 Corinthians 5:21); He is our Savior from sin (John 1:29); He is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). The work necessary to provide salvation was fully accomplished by Jesus Himself, who lived a perfect life, took God’s judgment for sin, and rose again from the dead (Hebrews 10:12).

The Bible is quite clear that our own works do not help merit salvation. We are saved “not because of righteous things we had done” (Titus 3:5). “Not by works” (Ephesians 2:9). “There is no one righteous, not even one” (Romans 3:10). This means that offering sacrifices, keeping the commandments, going to church, being baptized, and other good deeds are incapable of saving anyone. No matter how “good” we are, we can never measure up to God’s standard of holiness (Romans 3:23; Matthew 19:17; Isaiah 64:6).

The Bible is just as clear that salvation is conditional; God does not save everyone. The one condition for salvation is faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times in the New Testament, faith (or belief) is declared to be the sole condition for salvation (John 1:12; Acts 16:31).

One day, some people asked Jesus what they could do to please God: “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus immediately points them to faith: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent” (John 6:28-29). So, the question is about God’s requirements (plural), and Jesus’ answer is that God’s requirement (singular) is that you believe in Him.

Grace is God’s giving us something we cannot earn or deserve. According to Romans 11:6, “works” of any kind destroys grace—the idea is that a worker earns payment, while the recipient of grace simply receives it, unearned. Since salvation is all of grace, it cannot be earned. Faith, therefore, is a non-work. Faith cannot truly be considered a “work,” or else it would destroy grace. (See also Romans 4—Abraham’s salvation was dependent on faith in God, as opposed to any work he performed.)

Suppose someone anonymously sent you a check for $1,000,000. The money is yours if you want it, but you still must endorse the check. In no way can signing your name be considered earning the million dollars—the endorsement is a non-work. You can never boast about becoming a millionaire through sheer effort or your own business savvy. No, the million dollars was simply a gift, and signing your name was the only way to receive it. Similarly, exercising faith is the only way to receive the generous gift of God, and faith cannot be considered a work worthy of the gift.

True faith cannot be considered a work because true faith involves a cessation of our works in the flesh. True faith has as its object Jesus and His work on our behalf (Matthew 11:28-29; Hebrews 4:10).

To take this a step further, true faith cannot be considered a work because even faith is a gift from God, not something we produce on our own. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44).

Okay.

 

[Gismys17]

Yes! God chooses (elects) to save those He knows by His foreknowledge will choose to become born again believers (God is outside time He is the Alpha and Omega=the Beginning and the Last.) Salvation is not just for the Jews!! But for "all"!!
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Believing is not a work!!! Choosing to become believers is God will for all.

• "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4who desires ""all""men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth"
  (1 Tim. 2:3-4).
• "The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for a""any"" to perish but for ""all"" to come to repentance" (2 Pet. 3:9).

 

[Soyeong]

The offer of salvation through faith is given to ""all"" who believe. This belief results in eternal salvation:

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

For this is the will of My Father, that ""everyone"" who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:40)

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires ""all"" men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3-4)

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for ""all"" to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of ""all"" men, especially of believers. (1 Timothy 4:10)

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to ""all"" men, (Titus 2:11)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw ""all"" men to Myself." (John 12:32)

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to ""all"" men. (Romans 5:18)

For the death that He died, He died to sin, once for ""all""; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (Romans 6:10)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for ""all"", therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. (2 Corinthians 5:15)

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for ""all"" when He offered up Himself. (Hebrews 7:26-27)

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for ""all"", having obtained eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:11-12)

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for ""all"". (Hebrews 10:10)

For Christ also died for sins once for ""all"", the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; (1 Peter 3:18)

In Titus 2:11-14, it describes our salvation as God's grace training us to do what He has revealed to be godly, righteous, and good, and trained to renounce doing what God has revealed to be ungodly and sinful, which is essentially what God's law was given to instruct how to do (Romans 7:12, Romans 7:7). Jesus gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works (Titus 2:14), and it is again OT Scriptures that that equip us to do every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17), which is why the Jews had become zealous for the law (Acts 21:20). Abraham is the father of our faith, so to be believer means to have the faith of Abraham and to trust and obey God above everything else that this world tells us. So while it is good to understand that God saves all those who believe, it is equally important to understand what it means to believe and what we should be believing.

Jesus came with the message to repent from our sins for the kingdom of God is at hand (Matthew 4:17), so how did the Israelites know what things they should be repenting of doing? How do we know what things we should be repenting of doping? Paul said that that law was given to reveal what sin is and that he would not even know what sin was if it weren't for the law (Romans 7:7). In 1 Timothy 2:3-4, it says that we need to have knowledge of the truth, but what is the truth? In Psalms 119:142, it says that God's law is truth. In John 3:16, it says that whoever so believes will not perish, but enter eternal life, and in Matthew 19:17 when Jesus was asked how to enter life, he responded by saying to obey the commandments (Matthew 19:17). In 1 Timothy 4:8-10, it says that godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come, and for this end we toil and strive because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe, so we need to follow God's revealed instructions in His law for how to live godly, righteous, and good lives, not in order to become saved through our own effort, but because we have been, are being, and will be saved by grace through faith.

 

[CrystalDragon]

I have a severe problem with the implications of that—I don't think anyone should go to hell, but the wording implies that even if a person does a lot of evil things, if they repent and accept Jesus that's all they need to do to get the highest reward to go to heaven. As if that suddenly makes all their assaults, tortures, and murders A-OK.

 

[Gismys17]

◄ Mark 1:15 ►

Jesus says=="The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and ""believe"" the good news!" Mark 1:15 (NASB) and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and ""believe ""in the gospel."

 

[98cwitr]

Yes! God chooses (elects) to save those He knows by His foreknowledge will choose to become born again believers (God is outside time He is the Alpha and Omega=the Beginning and the Last.) Salvation is not just for the Jews!! But for "all"!!
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to ""all"" people. Titus 2:11

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that ""whoever"" believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

So why do you believe God creates those who will not come to faith?

 

[Soyeong]

Believing is a work. You're doing something with your brain.

God has given instructions in OT Scriptures for how to equip us for do every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17), so doing good works is not referring to any sort of activity, but to doing those things that God instructed in His law. God did not require the Israelites to obey His law before He saved them out of bondage in Egypt, but rather He saved them by faith first, then gave them instructions for how to rightly live by faith, so we are not to do good works in order to become saved, but because we have been, are being, and will be saved by grace through faith. It is important to understand that God never required His people to do good works for the purpose of becoming saved. As Titus 2:11-14 says, our salvation involves being saved from the penalty of our sins in the past tense by Jesus giving himself to redeem us from all lawlessness, but our it also involves God's grace saving us from continuing to sin in the present tense by training us to do what God has revealed to be godly, righteous, and good and to renounce doing what He has revealed to be ungodly and sinful.

 

[CrystalDragon]

God has given instructions in OT Scriptures for how to equip us for do every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17), so doing good works is not referring to any sort of activity, but to doing those things that God instructed in His law. God did not require the Israelites to obey His law before He saved them out of bondage in Egypt, but rather He saved them by faith first, then gave them instructions for how to rightly live by faith, so we are not to do good works in order to become saved, but because we have been, are being, and will be saved by grace through faith. It is important to understand that God never required His people to do good works for the purpose of becoming saved. As Titus 2:11-14 says, our salvation involves being saved from the penalty of our sins in the past tense by Jesus giving himself to redeem us from all lawlessness, but our it also involves God's grace saving us from continuing to sin in the present tense by training us to do what God has revealed to be godly, righteous, and good and to renounce doing what He has revealed to be ungodly and sinful.

So should we not eat shellfish or wear mixed fabrics, because apparently that's sinful.

 

[Soyeong]

I have a severe problem with the implications of that—I don't think anyone should go to hell, but the wording implies that even if a person does a lot of evil things, if they repent and accept Jesus that's all they need to do to get the highest reward to go to heaven. As if that suddenly makes all their assaults, tortures, and murders A-OK.

Repentance is not just apologizing for doing something, but it is realizing that what you were doing was wrong and that you need to turn from your ways back to living in obedience to God's ways. The idea of someone saying that they will repent later is missing the point because it about coming to the agreement that what you were wanting to do was wrong, not about doing whatever you want and asking God to not hold it against you when all is said and done. I find myself sceptical of deathbed conversions that are often little more than taking out a fire insurance policy before kicking the bucket. While I think they can be genuine, it would imply that someone who instead recovered and lived another number of years would live a changed life. Focusing on repenting at the end is misunderstanding Christianity because it is just as much about getting heaven into us today as it is about getting us into heaven. While most people have not participated in assaults, tortures, and murders, we have all still sinned against God, and the wages us sin is death, so we all are in need of forgiveness. It won't work to try to excuse our sins by pointing out how bad the sins of others.

So should we not eat shellfish or wear mixed fabrics, because apparently that's sinful.

Indeed, though correctly understanding the context of why God prohibited the mixing of wool and linen is a bit more complicated, especially when taking into consideration that the priestly garments were made from wool and linen.

 

[bling]

Believing is a work. You're doing something with your brain.

You have to use the first century Biblical definition of "work" and not your 5th grade science definition.

 

[Kiterius]

You have to use the first century Biblical definition of "work" and not your 5th grade science definition.

Chemicals in your brain are firing off when you believe. So, you are doing something with your body. That's a work friend.

 

[Soyeong]

Chemicals in your brain are firing off when you believe. So, you are doing something with your body. That's a work friend.

That is how you understand work, but is that how someone in the 1st century would have understood it? If we are to correctly understand what they wrote, then we must use the context of what they considered to be good works and not insert what we consider to be work into the text.