It's simply a FALSE statement to say that Jesus did NOT die for those who do NOT deserve it since those are the precisely the people for whom Jesus DID die!!!
No, actually, it's not a false statement.
Sammy Sinner is a sinner.
Tommy Transgressor is a sinner.
Neither of them deserve salvation.
Christ died for Sammy, but not for Tommy.
So it is TRUE that Christ did not die for someone (Tommy) who did not deserve it.
ALL of us! THAT is the gospel, Theo.
No, that is a FALSE gospel.
Christ did NOT die for "ALL of us" (unless you are limiting "us" to the elect).
Even PAUL said he was the WORST of all sinners yet Jesus not only GAVE him MERCY he made him an apostle!
And?
"For ALL have fallen short of the glory of God.'
Amen!
(You're not really telling me anything I don't already know.)
So it's a FALSE statement to say that Jesus does NOT OFFER MERCY to those who do NOT deserve it.
No, it is not.
There are many who will spend eternity in hell, whom Christ did not show mercy to on the cross.
(And once again, I know I'm a stickler for Scripture, but where does the Bible EVER use the phrase, "
offer mercy"? Chapter and verse, please?)
(I love how you BOLD phrases that aren't even in the Bible!)
2 Co. 5:14-15, "He died for ALL (everyone including unbelievers) that THOSE WHO LIVE (those who BELIEVE who are God's elect) should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again." EASY, very, very, very, very easy.
Sorry, my Bible does NOT say, "(everyone including unbelievers)".
Why do you feel the need to CHANGE the Bible to try to support your false teachings?
(Or did I just answer my own question?)
Sorry, but you are simply IGNORING the CONTEXT of this passage.
2Cor. 5:5 He who has prepared
us for this very thing is God,
who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Paul is referring to a SPECIFIC group, "us", whom God has given "the Spirit as a guarantee". Has God given EVERYONE the Holy Spirit? Of course not! So this passage is NOT about "everyone" universally, only the elect, who have been (or will be) saved, and given the Holy Spirit.
2Cor. 5:6 So
we are always of good courage. W
e know that while
we are at home in the body
we are away from the Lord,
7 for
we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 Yes,
we are of good courage, and
we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9 So whether
we are at home or away,
we make it
our aim to please him.
10 For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
See all those "we" 's and that "our" there? Paul is STILL talking about that specific group, "us", who has been given the Holy Spirit.
2Cor. 5:11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord,
we persuade others. But what
we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
12 We are not commending
ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.
13 For if we
care beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
14 For the love of Christ controls
us, because
we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
So the "all" in "one has died for "all", is referring to all of the "us", who Paul has been talking about in this ENTIRE CHAPTER.