God's purpose is set to perform beyond and above the scope of any earthly yoke that has a hold on our life. He is breaking the holds of vanity, bitterness, and judgmental attitudes within the believing souls of those who follow Him in order to save them. Those who think they shall enjoy heaven while billions for whom Jesus Christ died writhe forever in tormenting flames of hell, possessed by darkness and death, are narrow-minded, to say the least. How broad our intercession should be!
There is a concern for all men in those enthroned with Christ. We are instructed to pray for all men, intercede for all men — not only a few, not a mere handful of present time believers. If all men are not to be saved, those prayers would represent impotence on God's part to do it. If the darkness of death can possess forever the souls of those on behalf of whom Jesus died, we who pray are also impotent.
The future salvation of all men in no measure diminishes our responsibility to evangelize and teach the lost now. IT INCREASES responsible to pray for more than a few, us four and no more, hoping to be rescued through our effort in prayer. Now the responsibility to pray in the spiritual battle for the souls of all men will last until the last enemies are defeated. In Him our prayer life can actually carry an anointing of deliverance that CAN and WILL be answered to accomplish His will in the spiritual life of other men!
Whenever scripture introduces this “I WILL” of God, then we should immediately erase the contrary ideas of men. The self-efforts of man are to be brought face to face with the sovereignty of the Almighty God. In the face of His sovereignty, all of man's hostility and unbelief is as nothing. Whenever God decrees "I WILL do it," man cannot ever deter that sovereign operation. Man also has tremendous power of will, but when a man says in his heart, "I will not” to God, he goes down as swift and sure as an arrow to its mark, swift as a stone into the depths of the sea. He will sink to a deep dark depth, and be cast down to endure that judgment until the fiery Word mixed with cleansing brimstone comes to change him.
Our God is a consuming fire and we shall all be changed by Him. Those who stand on the celestial sea of glass know it is mixed with fire. God has consuming fire that plans on burning out of us all the hidden deep dark elements of dross that is unlike the Firstborn. He makes a way out of every fiery trial we face, and sooner or later we learn the great delivering truth THAT OUR WILL MUST BE SUBJECT TO HIS WILL.
The will of God is always effectively dominant in His Kingdom. As the origin of all creation, our Father holds our very existence as His sons and daughters certain. Our inner being is quickened to life in Him, for our blessed destiny is fixed among saved souls filled with truth. Until the day God intervenes and apprehends us sovereignly by His grace, we can not be different than what we are. This is the case when the apostle said:
"And you He made alive, when you were dead, slain by your trespasses and sins in which at one time you walked habitually. You were following the course and fashion of this world - and were under the sway of the tendency of this present age - following the prince of the power of the air. You were obedient to him and under his control, the demon spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience…who go against the purposes of God.
Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in passions of our flesh - our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature; obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind - our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings. We were then by nature the children of wrath…like the rest of mankind." Ephesians 2:1-3, Amplified
Men have been saturated with sin and lawlessness, cursed with nervous temperaments and diseases WHICH HAVE BEEN THE DIRECT EFFECT OF THEIR PERSONAL TRANSGRESSIONS. Multiplied diseases upon our earth today are THE RESULT OF HEREDITARY WEAKNESSES. Beloved, such has been the POWER OF DISOBEDIENCE, a power beyond the scope of human abilities, meditate deeply upon these inspired words:
"Well then, as one man's trespass - one man's false step and failing away - led to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal, and right standing with God, and life for all men." Romans 5:18 Amplified
Can we not see what a mighty power there is in both obedience and disobedience? Two persons, two acts, and two sentences affecting ALL MEN are brought before us in this passage about disobedience and its race-wide, life-destroying results, speaking of the universal tragedy that has befallen all unregenerated men. Is it strange that the negative side of this passage is usually believed without hesitation, while the positive side is strongly denied even by Christians who do not understand the effectiveness of the Lord’s success and the scope of His saving work set forth. Truth is revealed in this passage, it is only necessary to believe implicitly what it states. Christ Jesus's act of obedience has life-giving results, glorious hope, and consolation from God for ALL MEN.
We know the horrible problems that are manifestations of sin and death, history sets forth clear facts of the present situation. The present day church systems that are supposed to represent God reject some of the most glorious outcomes of God plan to save ALL men by His overwhelming grace because it is does not fit the doctrines handed down by their traditional elders. Men, like doubting Thomas, will not believe until they see. A few have believed the truth effectively thus far in every generation, those apprehended, called to be SONS OF GOD are even now expecting what has not been done openly. Indeed the whole creation groans for God's manifestation in sons to answer this crisis:
"For the premonition of the creation is awaiting the unveiling of the sons of God. For to vanity was the creation subjected, not voluntarily, but because of Him Who subjects it, in expectation that the creation itself, also, shall be freed from the slavery of corruption into the glorious freedom of the children of God. For we are aware that the entire creation is groaning and travailing together until now.
Yet not only so, but we ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the spirit, we ourselves also, are groaning in ourselves, awaiting the sonship, the deliverance of our body. For to expectation we are saved. Now expectation, being observed, is not expectation, for what anyone is observing, why is he expecting it also? Now, if we are expecting what we are not observing, we are awaiting it with endurance.” Romans 8:19-25 concordant
The life of God is to overflow super-abundantly to every person, in a manifestation of God’s deliverance which is TOTALLY WITHIN PROPER DIVINE PURPOSE and the scripture teaches this correctly, it is man’s doctrinal interpatations that have been a great farce and a wicked hoax. I do not hesitate to declare that the scripture is inspired of God and is true, God most certainly will have ALL MEN be saved and come to acknowledge the truth:
" In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following. But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. 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. Prescribe and teach these things." I Timothy 4:6-11
Never submit to the exhortations of unthinking brethren to stop teaching it is God’s will to save all men or to minimize statements about it. To do so would be a violation, a compromise, a rebellion against the clear instruction of scripture. This message comes from the throne of Jesus Christ, we are to COMMAND AND TEACH the message that it is God’s intent to save every person in their proper time and order.