“But he says about the Jews, ‘All day I held out my hands to a people who did not obey me, who said wrong things against me.’” (Romans 10:21; Worldwide English New Testament)
Despite the teaching of Calvinism, the problem with man's salvation has nothing to do with God. He has never predestined anyone's damnation nor has He ever made a decree that pre-selected any individual to be saved or lost. This same truth applies to any other blessing that God could bestow upon men such as healing, deliverance, supplication, etc.
The primary thing that keeps men from God is believing wrong things about Him. Even in earlier centuries God's people have taught things about God that were absolutely untrue. The type of deity that God was made out to be--stringent, oppressive, arbitrary, demanding, tyrannical, hateful, etc.--have kept men from Him. Rather than running TO God to receive mercy men have run FROM God to escape what they were mistakenly led to believe was a mean, spiteful deity.
These false ideas are one of the reasons Jesus came to earth as a man. Before He could give His life for our sins He first had to teach the truth about the Father. John summarizes this by saying, "God is like light and he is not dark at all. That is the message we heard from him. That is the message we are telling you" (1 John 1:5; Worldwide English New Testament). Jesus invited men to get to know a loving God, One who desires to save, heal, deliver, provide, and accept.
God is stretching His arms out, beckoning every man, woman, and child to come to Him. He is deeply in love with mankind. But false ideas keep men from running into those loving, saving arms. This is why we must fight against the constant lies some who claim to know God are spreading about Him. Without the RIGHT information people will surely believe and say the WRONG things about Him.
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