Steven Lawson: For Whom Did Christ Die?
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- This session deals with the age-old controversy concerning the extent of the atonement. It explains the biblical and theological basis for the Reformed doctrine of limited or definite atonement, and demonstrates that such a view is the only ground for a secure redemption.
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Wow. Deep, deep stuff. The likes of which I never heard in the arminian church and school I grew up in, where theology was sloppy and there were so many holes. As I listen to reformed theology I marvel at how so many seemingly disparate texts come together beautifully and click. I am so grateful.
As mines as well!!! To God be all the Glory for opening ours eyes and ears to the truth!!!
@KnightOfTheKing Describes my experience, too!
@@foolishdrunk2181 Given by your name, I can assume I can ignore your foolish assertions.
Foolish Drunk by this comment and how you speak I can draw a conclusion that you have no idea what the context of scripture truly is.
Foolish Drunk 👍👍👍
I am amazed at the clarity of the gospel when presented by Steven Lawson. God bless this man and John MacArthur who seem to be the only true preachers left right now. I have listened to most of his teachings on line. I can’t thank you enough for posting these. Steve Lawson is a true teacher and hero of mine.
Respectfully, I recommend listening to more than just MacArthur and Lawson. There are tons of great preachers still. Many of them are acquaintances of MacArthur and Lawson.
Washer and Mohler are regularly found together with them, for example.
@@jacobforaker6222 and R.C Sproul! 😊
@@jacobforaker6222 also include Voddie Baucham, Josh Buice, James White
I listen to all of those as well and stand corrected. They speak truth bravely as well. Better said, My favorites are Lawson and MacArthur
@@vicrider2124 “corrected” or augmented? 😉
We, the elect of GOD, ought to be dancing and singing and shouting and praising HIM all the day long. We are so blessed that HE chose us. It's an humbling thing. THE HOLY GOD OF THE UNIVERSE CHOSE us!! Our FATHER CHOSE us to be the BRIDE OF CHRIST!! HE DELIVERED us FROM THE POWER OF GROSS DARKNESS AND TRANSLATED us INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS DEAR SON. WHAT A GLORIOUS WORK OF GOD!! WOW!!
Dear brother, you are in error. You were never saved because you were chosen. You were saved only if *you* chose to trust the good news that Jesus came to this world to die on a cross as the sacrifice for all humanity's sins, *even* the sins of those burning in hell right now. God didn't program you into believing; you chose to believe. God in his sovereignty can let man have freewill. Mind-blowing, I know.
He does nothing without reason. If you are saved only because you were arbitrarily chosen for no apparent reason than "for his glory" then the whole content of the Bible is incoherent, salvation truly impossible, God's mercy an obscure matter and God's glory a conceptual pool for the thoughts of men.
The Bible is the revelation of God to humanity. His entire counsel. He did not hide from us an unknown secret reason why he chose some disabled animals to be saved and damn the rest to hell.
I pray you will come to know the true gospel of salvation by grace.
Amen...What an absolutely humbling experience. Acts 13:48 "...And as many as we're ordained to Eternal Life Believed." 📖 Doesn't get any more clear than that.✝️🌷 Our God is Praise Worthy...💗
@alanlado1602 I understand what you are saying. However what do you do with the scriptures that say that God first chose us?
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory to The LORD most high! Bless His name forevermore!
@@alanlado1602God is sovereign and leaves nothing to chance; therefore, if it were up to us to choose Him, He would be leaving our salvation up to us - therefore, God would not be sovereign after all. God leaves nothing to chance. We have free will, but it is not unlimited free will.
What an amazing and sobering thought. That Christ whilst suffering for us, was thinking specifically of each and everyone of us for Gods glory. Thank you my Lord and Savior, praise be your name forever and ever! Who is like our God? Who can match His holiness, righteousness, power, wisdom, love, mercy, gentleness, wrath, patience,? No one but God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! Praise be to our God forever and ever! Amen!
My brother you are in error. The bible says that Christ died for sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). How many humans by nature were without sin from the fall in Eden? All have sinned therefore Jesus died for all humans. There is nothing complicated about that.😔 Salvation is offered to all as a choice and all have freewill to accept or reject it. Anything other than that scenario is forced and love does not force itself where it is not wanted because then it won't be love. Too much studying seems to make these guys blinded to simple truths😔🙏📖⏳♨️
@@truth_merchant7839 If Jesus died for everyone, all would be saved. He died ultimately for all believers, you included, but not nonbelievers. He's eternal and chose his elect before the foundation of the world.
@@stevehardwick1578 Beloved 1 Timothy 4:10 rejects your assertion when it says Jesus is the saviour of ALL men then identifies a subcategory (within the same verse)who are saved not by predestination but by believing . If all men here meant the believers there was no need for the mentioning of a subgroup. Your definition or meaning of predestination forces you to conclude that God created some people only to destroy them. That goes contrary to the nature of God and makes him unfit to judge the world. How can the God of justice say to someone he predetermined from eternity past never to enter his Kingdom that he is justified to send them to Hell forever? You guys boggle the mind with your misinterpretation of scripture. None of these preachers are beyond error. I like the guy who spoke but his doctrine on this matter is incompatable with scripture and God's nature.
@@truth_merchant7839 You'll see.
@@truth_merchant7839 Your interpretation has Christ dying for every single person and especially for believers, that makes absolutely no sense. All men refers to all categories of man, not just Jews, whites, blacks, skinny or fat, but ALL men. It then goes on to state that he died specially or specifically for believers. In other words, he died for believers of every race and category all over the world.
Great preaching that I thank God for. What an awesome God that I get to love. What a blessing to have ears to hear. All glory to God alone!
By God's Grace alone...Amen.
Amen 🙏🏽
Thank you so very much Doctor Lawson for your wonderful preaching of the Biblical Truth! It’s so needed today! Godbless you 🕊🙏🕊📖
Easily one of my favorite preaching.
Charles Lawson is a great Bible teacher. Also on TH-cam.
Excellent expository preaching!
All Glory be to God! He is more amazing than we could ever imagine.
The way these verses of “all” and “world” are read by arminian believers are so simplistic. Once you see them in the context of the whole of scripture I don’t see how you cannot see the grace of God in salvation and for Christ’s glory not ours. I pray this video will continue to be seen by those who need to hear the glorious truth. 🙏
I agree. There are local Pastors that are faithful to the Bible and deliver excellent sermons. Lawson delivery method is excellent and unique.
I consider the best sermon ever preached.
Thank you Dr. Lawson for that story about the shepherd taking the sheep to the city and descriptions of the shepherd laying across the door. I cried through that. So deeply touching. It made this passage deeply moving to me and gave me new insights and strengthened my faith in realizing that I am one of His sheep. Words can't express the impact of this truth. Bless you and the ministry of Ligonier. Fav moment: "RC! I'm not going to call you again!"
Captivating....what a very personal application of the Ancient of Days plan of the ages.
This Wonder of Wonders !, that God the Father Before the world was made chose for Himself in Jesus Christ a people Before the world was made , in fact way back in old Eternity , not because of any good He foresaw in them , but because He loved them . Eph 1 : 3- 7 , Romans 8 : 27 - 39 cheers ! .
I appreciate so much this teaching. I pray that God richly blesses this man of God and I know it's only because of God's unmerited favor that I believe it.
Happy Easter Sunday 2022. *HE IS RISEN* Glory be to God!
Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! Amen
Context tho.
That word can have a lot different meanings
@@joshuatheo1419 what context? He is the Messiah and died for us and those who believe in him have everlasting life. Is not that hard as some theologians make it look like. Most of them have been students of Jesuit schools anyway, who cares what those puffed up people have to say? Most scholars are full of arrogance and blinded by it. People that like to complicate the simple gospel of the Lord.
The lamb who removes the punishment of sinners and credits them righteousness or eternal life for accepting the perfect atonement.
By grace not law.
By faith not works.
By divine promise not human religion.
Jesus paid for our sins in full.
Justified by grace through faith in the accomplishment of salvation in christ.
Justified by grace through faith in jesus's atonement. Salvation is a free gift and one must fully trust that all are sinners and god loves us so much that he gave his only son to take the hell/punishment for our sins on the cross.
Whoever believes and confess will receive forgiveness for all sins past future present and will receive eternal life .
One must truly trust in the sacrifice and forgiveness of jesus.
May not work on the first try but keep on praying.
Prayer: father god I am a sinner
I believe jesus died for my sins so I can be forgiven because he took our punishment.
May you please forgive me for all my sins and may you help me to believe I'm saved by grace through faith in your promise of salvation.
Lord jesus may you give me eternal life.
Thank you in jesus name amen.
Please read Roman's and galatians.
Please watch inspiring philosophy:faith vs works.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Roman's 4:5-8
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin
Salvation is a gift but works are optional to those who have been saved by grace through faith in jesus atonement to receive full redemption and forgiveness, credited perfection and eternal life.
Christ in our place so god remains holy and just dealing with sin appropriately with the death of holy jesus to forgive all who turn to the good news/gospel.
Same covenant given to abraham in genesis 15:6 and galatians 3.
Most churches don’t want to get this deep into the truth
Amen! Houston, we have a problem.
Thank you for preaching the word of God
Always a daily inspiration for me. Thank you
I am very blessed to hear this great sermon. Give glory to God!
My brother you are in error. The bible says that Christ died for sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). How many humans by nature were without sin from the fall in Eden? All have sinned therefore Jesus died for all humans. There is nothing complicated about that.😔 Salvation is offered to all as a choice and all have freewill to accept or reject it. Anything other than that scenario is forced and love does not force itself where it is not wanted because then it won't be love. Too much studying seems to make these guys blinded to simple truths😔🙏📖⏳♨️
@@truth_merchant7839 well, what is truly the issue here, is that too little of the mandate to 'study to show yourself approved' is why we have so very many deceivers throughout the world today preaching 'experience' and 'feelings'. So, to be a 'merchant of truth', one must not do too much study. Which necessarily means that you must be doing just enough to be dangerous.
@@davidirvin8885 Beloved you are entitled to your opinion even though it is riddled with error and premature conclusions. A better approach might be to ask me what i have read/researched etc. to come to my opinions. Grace mercy and peace🙏📖♨️⏳
@@truth_merchant7839 the original commentor is in error. Now I am in error. I guess you truly are the Truth Merchant! By all means. Do share with me those study and research tools you have employed to attain your truth! Share with all of us. Don't say that you have the water but aren't willing to share it. It is a blessed thing to confront and inform those in error.
@@davidirvin8885 Beloved the message i have is not mine but of God who gave it through his Word and his Spirit. I have no secret knowledge. I have already quoted from scripture to justify my positions. At a minimum you can say i misinterpreted scripture but not that i have not shown evidence of diligent study. Is there more for me to learn? Of course. But what is clear is that Calvinism is not of God.😔📖🙏⏳♨️
Wow ! as much as I already know this , it has brought me to shed buckets of tears !.
Thank you Lord for giving your truth through Dr. Lawson. 🙏 What a beautiful message!
Verry Good Preaching
The true Gospel is good news when the Trinity receives “ all glory” for saving rebellious sinners, without any doing of their own.
Thank You Lord for raising teachers who are preaching Your Gospel. Thank you Dr. Lawson.
I agree, but this is only one side of the story. What about the sufficiency of the atonement, the infinite value of the blood of Christ, the infinite value of the price paid. The price paid is certainly not an underpayment, but is it an over-payment ? Does not Christ's payment suffice to save all sinners including those that will perish eternally ? Of course it does. Because the price paid is of infinite value sufficient to save the entire human race, should the entire human race come to Christ, we can certainly say that the price paid was an over-payment, the price paid can easily cover the sins of those that perish in hell had they repented of their sin. The reprobate perish due to lack of repentance, and not due to the atonement not having satisfied for their sins. The sufficiency of the satisfaction for all men, including those that perish must be affirmed, otherwise the gospel cannot be proclaimed. Reformed theology is clear that Christ's satisfaction as it regards its sufficiency was for all men, not for the elect, and this is the gospel. The atonement is limited in its application (some come to faith) but not it s sufficiency (the death of Christ took away the sin of the entire human race in that whosoever receives the atonement through faith shall be saved).
Bill K John1:13....biggest pride killing doctrine....we were dead not injured not hurt ...Dead......Rom 11:36
Migi Yang Knabe amen we were completely dead when we freely believed and cried out to God to save us and He did.
Migi and Aaron, man has no say in his salvation, God brings us to life and we are born of his will entirely John 1:13. Similarly to a baby's birth that is due to the parents and not to the baby (the baby does not make a decision to be conceived and born), so our new birth and conversion is due entirely to God. This however has nothing to do with the atonement being unlimited in its suffciency, which is something that is affirmed in traditional Reformed theology, but was not affirmed in this video. In particular the price paid by Christ with his blood is of an infinite value, sufficient to redeem an infinite amount of sinners, the sufficiency of the satisfaction is affirmed in the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort, in particular Zacharias Ursinus in his commentary of the Heidelberg Catechism made it clear that Christ satisfied for all men, and the sole reason all men are not saved is unbelief and not any defect in the death of Christ or any exclusions made by Christ at his death of a single sinner, they were all covered. This video makes a horrible mistake by affirming that the price paid by Christ was the exact price necessary to redeem the elect, this is incorrect when we speak about the price paid by Christ we must affirm the infinite value of the price of Christ's blood sufficient to redeem a thousand worlds, sufficient to redeem an infinite amount of sinners, not just the elect, the price paid suffices to every man and woman ever born since Adam and Even, many more people than the elect are covered by the price paid by Jesus. The Reformed affirm that men are saved because of Christ's satisfaction at the cross, but men perish solely because of unbelief and not any deficiency or exclusion of them in the satisfaction of Christ. Let's make that very clear.
Bill K YOU SAID: “God brings us to life and we are born of his will entirely John 1:13.”
REPLY: Yes amen we are born entirely of God’s will as clearly stated in John 1:13 that you referenced.
No one is arguing that salvation is 100% God, 0% man.
What you’re conflating is freely believing with actually being part of being regenerated or born again.
Faith is not party of the Spiritual operation of God.
Faith happens BEFOREHAND and we have access into God’s Grace BY FAITH.
...According to Romans 5:1,2 we only have peace with God AFTER we’re justified and not before.
And we’re only justified BY FAITH:
ROMANS 5:1,2
1 Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:
2 By whom also WE HAVE ACCESS BY FAITH INTO THIS GRACE wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
...So my question would be how can you reconcile being born again and yet still be under God’s condemnation before you believe?
**It’s literally impossible to have peace with God before Christ because we have peace THROUGH Christ; so my question is how do you reconcile being born again but yet still having no peace with God?
...According to John 3:17 we stand condemned until we believe in Christ and not a millisecond before:
JOHN 3:18
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
... So my question is how can you reconcile being born again and yet still be condemned at the same time?
A common misconception is that people believe faith is somehow part of that operation where in reality it’s not connected at all.
It happens BEFORE the operation not during.
Faith is not part of the operation.
Just like driving yourself to the hospital isn’t part of a physical operation or surgery.
The surgeon doesn’t drive to your house and pick you up and then take you to the hospital to have your surgery as part of the operation itself.
A pilot doesn’t drive to your house and pick you up and then take you to the airport to catch your flight as part of the actual flight itself.
In no way does driving yourself to the hospital or to the airport take any credit away from the surgeon or from the pilot.
You can’t now claim that you helped perform your own surgery because you drive yourself to the hospital.
You can’t now claim that you helped fly the airplane because you drive yourself to the airport.
See how foolish that kind of reasoning sounds!
QUESTION: If someone were to ask you what must they do to be saved what would your response to them be?
If someone asked me I would use straight scripture and tell them the exact same response that Paul and Silas told the jailers when asked the very same question.
**Notice they did NOT ask “What must we do to save ourselves?” but rather what must I do to be saved?
There’s a BIG DIFFERENCE between the two questions.
ACTS 16:29-31
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
31 And they said, BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
The BIBLICAL answer to this question as clearly stated in this verse is simply BELIEVE.
**The Reformer’s answer to this question is, “well actually sorry bro there’s actually nothing you can do you gotta be elected to believe first then God has to effectually call you and then He gives you the faith to believe.”
If it was unconditional the answer would’ve been, “NOTHING.
YOU’VE EITHER BEEN ELECTED OR YOU HAVEN’T.”
But what was the answer?
There was a CONDITION.
What was the condition?
THEY HAD TO BELIEVE.
The condition was FAITH in Jesus Christ.
All i can say is; all glory be to God. Thanks Pastor Steve for this wonderful message and thanks to God for giving you the understanding of His word that you teach so wonderfully.
Beautiful!
Amen, praise be to God🙏
Just love Mr. Lawson s preaching. ❤
Excellent biblical teaching by Steven Lawson. Praise God (Christ). 😊
A stellar message. Amen 🙏🏻. Thank you Dr Lawson.
2 Peter 3:9
[9] The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
I don’t know your position but…
Who is Peter addressing and who is the you in this verse? The you is who the Lord wishes not to perish.
Outstanding biblical exposition by a master teacher.
Masterpiece message.
God bless you.
Awesome exposition of election and the fullness and unity of the Trinity in it! Praise the Lord!
I being Pakistani Christian wish that all Dr. Steven Lawson's material to be shared with Urdu and Punjabi speaking group. I wish to have direct contact with Dr. Lawson to get permission to utilize this exegetical approach that many of the lost sheep could know the saving grace of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
@@SSamohri how is it in Pakistan to be Christian?
@@SSamohri you do not need permission to use his approach. If you've learned the gospel and how to exposite scripture, then you can do it. God bless :-)
I miss R C thanks for still giving us great expositors
Love Steve Lawsons messages,powerful.This is a great message…
Great exposition of the true gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
My brother you are in error. The bible says that Christ died for sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). How many humans by nature were without sin from the fall in Eden? All have sinned therefore Jesus died for all humans. There is nothing complicated about that.😔 Salvation is offered to all as a choice and all have freewill to accept or reject it. Anything other than that scenario is forced and love does not force itself where it is not wanted because then it won't be love. Too much studying seems to make these guys blinded to simple truths😔🙏📖⏳♨️
Thank you for telling me your thoughts as well. Unfortunately, I am not in the business of arguing over message boards, of any type. But if I am in error then pray God reveal the whole truth to me. I will do the same for you... Thank you again.
@@truth_merchant7839 Thank you for some clear commentary.
Thank God for Blessing us with Pastor Steve Lawson, John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul for teaching us sound doctrine! This message explains the Gospel message in its purest way! 100% on the dot!
A difficult subject for many, to be sure. Dr. Lawson does a mighty work here for the Truth.
Mic Tod™ exactly. I was Armenian in my thinking before I asked myself this question: if Christ died for ALL, what is ANYONE doing in hell!?
Search the scripture, and be an a righteous instrument of Christ and not the unrighteous instrument of Satan to propagate his lies! Satan want to limit the work of our Lord Jesus on the cross.
Those end up in hell not because Jesus did not died for them but because they did not remit their sin due to their unbelief. If you hold to a limited atonement then you cannot make any sense out of this verse which said that the Lord bought these false teachers and false prophets: 2 Peter 2:1. In fact the clearest verse in the Bible which teaches universal atonement is Romans 5:18, "all men" would include elect and non-elect! Only those who would to twist and turn God's Word to their own detriment would interpret the second "all men" to be only the elect. Be a noble berean! Acts 17:11
William Lee you're wrong friend. number one, you should do a study on the word "all", "all" isn't the "all" as we see in the English language. I wish I could go into it further here, but the "all" in many verses are the "all" of His decree and not the entire world of the people. second you're calling God the biggest failure ever, because though he died for all, He was unable to unblind the eyes of people. and the gospel light wasn't powerful enough to save, and man somehow didn't get it- making the Holy Spirit's conviction of no effect (2 cor 4:4), thirdly, God made salvation only POSSIBLE by Jesus' death but didn't come to actually save anyone. fourth, God didn't complete the lambs book of life from the foundation of the world but is slowly filling it in as we decide to come to Christ. Fifth, all the Father gave to Christ will come, but according to your theology, He didn't. it's up to us to turn our dead nature away from our sins and somehow cling to the gospel. and that's just the beginning, I can go on all day. I challenge you to rethink what you claim and think of the implications. don't box God. I thought like you, but then read the word and realized my foolishness. happy Easter!
it means we all have the same chance.God loves all His children.Its just up to us if we because of our free will will be able to follow Him as our Lord.
I certainly am not calling God "the biggest failure ever". Do not put words into my mouth and I shall not put any into yours.
Finally, questions from years ago are answered.
Thank You for this sermon.
1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
The whole world means the whole world , this guy is a true Calvanist , watch how the Calvinist run to John 6:44, Romans 9 ……………will he run to acts 7 , where Steven says “ you do always resist the Holy Spirit “ what happen to irresistible grace?
Amen Pastor Lawson!
Praise the Lord for using this instruments to preach us and the world on His Son the Saviour
What a blessing to hear a message like this.
Amen shared.
I thank the Lord God Almighty for this!
Wow! Powerful sermon!
This is soooo beautiful🙏
Thank you Father for Choosing the the Ones whom you have,.. to be a Bride for your Son,.. Jesus Christ.. "Many are called few are Chosen,. "Chosen before the founding of the world..
Chosen in Christ. Before that, you had no hope and were without God in the world. Jesus changed your destination.
How do you know you’re chosen?
can you prove that god chose everyone 1 thessalonians 5/21 test all thing's hold fast to what is good meaning prove it from the bible God chose all nation
Amen and amen, brother!
Thank you soo much Steve !!! God bless !!!
Excelletn teaching by Dr. Lawson. Faithful handling of a doctrine that many find offensive bc of their pride and arrogance, but truly taught brings glory to God.
This was Soo Beautiful... because it's true. It's the only thing that can describe my Salvation. All praise and Glory and Honor to the Triune God ... forevermore....✝️📜🌷
I love listening to this guy preach and teach! wow!
2Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
You have ZERO wisdom Evan....I wouldn't even apply the Arminian/Calvinist debate to that scripture.....no matter which side I was on....It says but after their own lusts; and having itching ears.....How could that verse apply to how you believe that salvation works; no matter which side you fall on?? I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU....
Evan I will stand with the great Reformers like Martin Luther; John Calvin, George Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon...etc......You can stand with your Arminian preachers and we'll let God tell us who was right....:) have a great day....
@@timclark2925
God gave us His Word so that we can know who is right.
I’ve shown you time and time again. You’d rather have your ears tickled.
Take care Tim.
@@evanu6579 You don't rightly divide the Word of Truth....
This sermon so disproves the Arminianism theory! Thank you Pastor Lawson for explaining it to us and bringing us the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Excellent sermon, thank you, for one who was struggling with this subject. God Bless You!!
Jesus went to the cross to receive a reward from the FATHER. Not from fallen dead sinful man.
Thank you Dr. Lawson for This clear exposition of This biblical truth.
Recovering Arminian here. I just watched an uplifting, yet humbling 45 minute video of expository preaching in which several scriptures were used to show a doctrine.
I was weeping throughout this video as the Holy Spirit convicted me AND exhorted me.
I KNOW THAT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MY SALVATION!!!! As Paul said I know that “in my flesh dwelleth no good thing.” I was an enemy of God, a child of disobedience and a child of wrath, a non-god seeker walking after the pleasures of this world. Dead in my trespasses and sin. And just like Lazarus all I could provide God with was a corpse and filthy rags. And just like Lazarus I came forth when he raised me.
We’ve been sold a 21st century image of an anemic hippy surfer Jesus who only loves, never judges, stands powerlessly at your heart’s door, knocking and wondering, if you’ll let him come in, hoping you’ll allow him to save you. I’ll remind you that He said ALL authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him. The King of the Universe doesn’t need your permission to do anything nor your assistance in salvation.
Many believe in man’s free will with conviction, not realizing that God had DETERMINED our election before the mountains were even formed, before the waters covered the deep (Revelation 13:8). I bet Pharaoh would have liked to hear about this free will.
What I say, I say with love, sincerity, conviction, and confidence in my Savior and Lord who even now reigns as King. There are people commenting on this video who are calling Dr Lawson a minister of Satan. I would like to remind everyone that there is one who accuses and we shouldn’t make accusation on a whim. God is not a fan of such.
As previously stated this video spent 45 minutes showing a doctrine that is woven through scripture (OT and NT). The only time I can remember seeing the word “freewill” in scripture was in Exodus (35?) where the people brought offerings to help build the tabernacle. The Bible says that they were stirred by their hearts and spirits. But where does that come from? Philippians 2:13 says that “it is God who works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” So suffice to say that it’s God bending our hearts toward Him, which he does with humans all the time (Proverbs 21:1, Exodus 4:21, 1Samuel 10:9, Ezekiel 36:26, Psalm 51:10, Ezekiel 11:19, Romans 2:29).
The Calvinist simply believes what Paul points out in Romans 9, which is that God has authority over the clay. We believe that Jesus save(d)(s) His people from their sins. He resurrects the dead, not the living. God is Lord over salvation. There are guarantees in the Bible that make it impossible to be otherwise.
No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him
(John 6:44, John 6:64-65)
There are people (the sheep, the Elect) whom the Father gives to Jesus (for salvation) [John 6:37]
If anyone comes to Jesus, he or she is never cast out (John 6:37).
If the Father starts this process (ie draws you), IT WILL BE COMPLETED (John 6:38-40, Philippians 1:6).
There are people that are not of Jesus’s sheep (meaning the Father has not given them to the Son). (John 10:24-26).
So then, knowing that the above scriptures are true and cannot contradict God’s Truth anywhere else in the Bible, was the Father actively drawing the religious leaders of Jesus’s day? He couldn’t have been or they would have gotten saved!!!
I also submit to you that according to the above scriptures, if anyone dies outside the Grace of God, then the Father never drew that person.
Brothers and Sisters, we’re called the Elect for a reason.
God bless and keep you all.
Thank you so much for testifying dear friend! Blessed by your Testimony
Wow well said 👏🏻. To God be the glory!
Love this message so much! Such clear teaching of the Word and so necessary to hear!!!🙏🏻
Lived and he loved me, Died and he saved me , Buried he carried my Sins far away, Risen he justified and freed me forever, One day he's coming back, GLORIOUS DAY.....
❤ Yeshua HaMashiach ❤
🙏 Shalom Shalom 🙏
Amen! I have this song, on my TH-cam Playlist.
Great sermon from Pastor Steve Lawson🙏 The verses are the direct statements of Jesus Christ (in red) from the Bible. It is very clear that Christ died for His sheep🐏🐏🐏All Glory and Praise to Almighty God🙏🙏🙏
The words in red letter in the Bible were usually the statement of the father and sometimes the word of his son.
Attributed ONLY to the spoken words of Jesus Christ
Amen
This man is fantastic!
Praise the Lord for this message. Only the elect will received this crystal clear truth in the Word of God. Thank you Steven Lawson for your ministry and powerful preaching on the sovereignty of God.
Yep, only the Calvinistic Elect know just how deep god's hatred for the non-Elect goes.
Kudos to Dr. Steve Lawson. I agree partially with Definite Atonement, Limited Atonement, Particular Redemption since Christ truly shed His blood for His elect and showed His love in such a way that only they could grasp. But Jesus did die in a sense for mankind, not saving them but rather showing the price of salvation. Christ loves the world as His creation but truly loves the elect as His children. To put some verses down, I shall put two for each, since my brain is just not good at Scripture memory as it used to. Psalms 33:12, John 3:16, 1 John 2:2, Revelation 5:9
After giving a brief survey of these doctrines of sovereign grace, I asked for questions from the class. One lady, in particular, was quite troubled.She said, 'This is the most awful thing I've ever heard! You make it sound as if God is intentionally turning away men and women who would be saved, receiving only the elect. I answered her in this vein: 'You misunderstand the situation. You're visualizing that God is standing at the door of heaven, and men are thronging to get in the door, and God is saying to various ones, 'Yes, you may come, but not you, and you, but not you, etc.' The situation is hardly this. Rather, God stands at the door of heaven with His arms outstretched, inviting all to come. Yet all men without exception are running in the opposite direction towards hell as hard as they can go. So God, in election, graciously reaches out and stops this one, and that one, and this one over here, and that one over there, and effectually draws them to Himself by changing their hearts, making them willing to come. Election keeps no one out of heaven who would otherwise have been there, but it keeps a whole multitude of sinners out of hell who otherwise would have been there. Were it not for election, heaven would be an empty place, and hell would be bursting at the seams. That kind of response, grounded as I believe that it is in Scriptural truth, does put a different complexion on things, doesn't it? If you perish in hell, blame yourself, as it is entirely your fault. But if you should make it to heaven, credit God, for that is entirely His work! To Him alone belong all praise and glory, for salvation is all of grace, from start to finish. (Unknown)
No, dear brother, you are in error. In his sovereignty, God can let man have freewill. Yes, God can do that.
@@alanlado1602 It's by man's free will that we all actively CHOOSE to live in constant rebellion to God. Modern society will tell you to follow your heart, but the heart is deceitful above all things. Who could know it? Total Depravity, or Radical Corruption says that because of the fall, we are utterly incapable of choosing God by our own devices, because our will has rotted to such a degree that we even HATE God. It's His act of grace in turning our wicked hearts of stone into hearts of flesh, so that we may then know him and be saved by His grace, through faith, clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
Great message
Thank you for your preaching … and for the simple explanation of the gospel
ALL GLORY TO GOD, AMAIZING GEACE THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME
But the other wretch he sent to hell because God determined it . Really
the unchosen and unelected may get upset about the Sovereignty of God Almighty, but that changes nothing..
How do you know you are elect?
So powerful!! So loving and heartwarming!! Thank you Lord Jesus! For laying your life down for me!! I love Christ more than anything!❤❤❤
So powerful ! I enjoyed this teaching the most:
1) The Arminian believes that: The Father, "looking down the tunnel of time" - saved only those who would choose him.
2) The Arminian believes that: Jesus Christ, however, died for EVERYONE.
3) The Arminian believes that: The Holy Spirit woos, inclines, nudges only those who have the gospel preached to them.
Therefore, the ones the Father gives to the Son are the least in number. The ones the Spirit nudges are a greater number. And then the Son died for everyone.
Dr. Lawson is correct - "IT FRACTURS THE TRINITY!"
What an incredible, spectacular, Twisting of scripture… I’m not sure what Bible he is reading from… But mine says that salvation is offered to any, and all who would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and his atoning work on the cross. A loving God would not choose a small group of people to go to heaven and Send most people to hell.
Amen !!
The problem is that we can't come to God on our own. Only by regeneration and the Holy Spirit can we come to God. Now who does God choose to give the Spirit to? hmm
@@TheFinalJigsaw
If Regeneration comes before Faith, then that means the only people who are granted salvation are those who *do not* have faith.
Meaning "faith in Christ" is not how one gains access to salvation, but rather "faith in Christ" is the *result* of salvation.
So under this Calvinistic world view, salvation is not by faith in Christ, but instead by Election (an arbitrary choice by God before anyone even existed), making Christ an afterthought in the whole salvation process.
I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. -John 17:9
I find it amazing that Christ supposedly died for the world, but doesn't pray for the world.
He did die for them but He can't ask anything for them if they refuse to receive it.
@@timothyharper901 So God don't have the power to convince them?
@@Joshua-km3di that's on you. If you really believe Him, He should be able to show them through you. But they can still choose to reject Him. Just like you could right now. But we don't, because we love Him. If you do continue to believe until He shows Himself to others in a way which they cannot deny, so that they acknowledge what they have rejected, it will not be through any strength or power of your own. And how He does this will not be according to your own will or an idea that you got from yourself.
AMAN
praise the Lord oh my soul!
What glorious truth!
Amen
I believe that what it means in he Gospel of John as taking away the "sin" of the world does not mean he takes away the "sins" of the world but only the "sin" of the world. The sin of the world was the sin that Adam did by disobedience and sentenced all mankind to sin. Christ paid the penalty of that one sin, which is death and through Him....we gain life everlasting. He brought us from death, the wages of that one sin by Adam and through Him we gain life everlasting
You should look elsewhere in scripture for further support of your premise. If that were true, then the sin we do on our own would as surely damn us without hope.
according to the bible what world is he talking about let's see Isaiah 45/17'but Israel shall be saved in an everlasting salvation of the most high ye shall not be ashamed or disgraced world without ends so where does it say everyone john 17 /8/9/ for I have given them the words which you have given me and they have received them and have known surely that I came forth from you and they have believe that you sent me I pray for them I do not pray for the world so out of his mouth he said he do not pray for the world so why would he die for the world Israel is the only world
@@donaldcoleman514 for there shall be a new Heaven and a NEW EARTH, for this one is passing away...
A great , God centered, absolute truth is this preach. ABSOLUTELY TRUTH. A teeth breaking preach against Armenian ism man- centered corrupt theology. Thank you Dr. Lawson
Many Calvinists throughout history do not believe in limited atonemtn!!! Jesus died for the world - That is what the Bible says and that is what the Bible means. We know this completely and totally because 1 John 5:18-19 speaks about all the world and the context leaves no room for a partial part of the world. The "Whole World" means all people on the planet of earth. 2 Pet 2:1 tells us that Jesus BOUGHT those who deny Him meaning he died for everybody. John 3:16 says that God so loves the world and the world simply cannot mean a small minority group - God gave His son... 1 Timothy 2 says that Jesus died as a Ransom for all (Not meaning some of all, but all, and not meaning all types, but just all). The false teaching of limited atonement tries to silence the Word of God or confuse you, but look back at these verses. The negative inference fallacy is used by this pastor. The Bible does NOT say ANYWHERE that Jesus died ONLY for the sheep. No text of the Bible teaches Limited Atonement, but some suggest it only with logical fallacies attached on. There are about a dozen verses that teach Jesus died for everybody and about a dozen that imply that Jesus died for everybody. There are zero verses that teach Jesus died for ONLY the sheep. Did you hear him teach that there are two calls? Well there are also two wills, two desires, two of everything because this doctrine is impossible to maintain with the Bible. You have to invent two calls etc.... I recommend Dr. David Allen's Book - "The extent of the atonement" if you want to learn in depth why Steve Lawson and the people on here are dead wrong about this question. Bless you!!!
This did not portray arminian theology well. But that is very typical for calvinists.
Wow! Teeth breaking? You are so graceful.
@@rsagape7300 well you could say it as the Lord said to Jeremiah Jeremiah 23:29 my word is like fire, it is like a hammer shattering rock
@@saved6655 Against other christians? Besides, Lawson is far from being Jeremiah, let alone the Lord.
Thank you Lord for saving me ❤
Jesus Christ died for all, everyone, the whole world.
Behold the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the WORLD, wHy are you teaching lies,with your calvinism
Andraz, the great Geneva reformer, John Calvin, taught universal atonement, but not universal salvation. Check out Calvin's teaching.
"because you're not of my sheep [YET]. So where's the problem? Christ died for his sheep. Once you start believing, you become one of his sheep. So there's limited practical atonement and potential universal atonement.
The [yet] is not in the Bible.
Goats will never turn into sheep.
CHRIST died for all sin and all sinners.. it has nothing to do with later salvation.. CHRIST overcame SIN..all sin.. and now its up to man to choose.. its the HOLY SPIRITs job to convict and elect
@@johnnyllooddte3415 that's not the Gospel, that's Pelagianism.
@@johnnyllooddte3415 then the Cross has failed.
But it hasn't. The cross has salvation for all who are the elect. There's no failure in Jesus.
@@johnnyllooddte3415 Following this though to the logical conclusion would mean that there are a bunch of forgiven sinners who end up in hell, which is ridiculous. If Christ died for ALL sins of ALL the people who ever existed, then wouldn't they be forgiven for the sin of not believing in Christ? This, of course, would lead to Universalism, which is false. There are only three options to what the atonement accomplished. 1) Christ died for all sins of all people (which we just reasoned cannot be) 2) Christ died for all sins of a certain group of people (the elect) 3) Christ died for SOME sins of all people. Since option one was already shown to be heresy and option 3 essentially accomplishes nothing, the only one left is option 2.
Thank you, Dr. Lawson! Listening to this message, I didn't feel that God is a merciless God, sending Christ to die only for the elect. I felt the opposite. God is a merciful, gracious, and good God that He chose me and that He sent His son to die for me. This doctrine strengthens the unity of the Trinity. I can see that God is really wise who planned and executed everything perfectly, without flaw. I also see in this doctrine God's justice to those who rejected Him. At first judgment, one might see this doctrine of Definite Atonement as harsh and unloving but the opposite is true. What is really harsh and unloving is to leave us to our free will who is tainted and marred by sin, which will lead us to destruction and not to God. I fully embrace this doctrine because it is also Biblical and Theologically sound.
Salvation belongs to the Lord. He is a mighty Savior! This is awesome teaching.
Preaching like a lion
The answer is - EVERYBODY. ALL. WHOSOEVER. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE LOST. THOSE WHO HAVE GONE ASTRAY. SINNERS. THE UNRIGHTEOUS. How much clearer can you make it?
Excellent
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The whole world, not some but all. No one is predestined for hell or heaven. Just as the angels had free will so do we. Choose this day whom you will serve!
Did you not listen to the sermon? How about all of the scriptures Dr. Lawson quoted? Did he misinterpret those passages? I would encourage you to Do a word study on the word “world.” That sheds a whole different light on John 3:16.
@@abunkerfan according to the bible let's see what world the bible is speaking of hebrews 1/2 has in these last days spoken by by his son whom he has appointed heir of all things through whom also he made the world's so according to the bible there's more than one world let's see what world of the world's Isaiah 45/17'but Israel shall be saved in an everlasting salvation of the most high ye shall not be ashamed or disgraced world without ends according to the bible Israel is that world never mention no other nation unless you can prove it from the bible acts 5/29/30/31 then peter and the other apostles answered and said we ought to obey God rather than men the God of our fathers raised up yahawashi whom you murdered by hanging on a tree him God has exalted to his right hand to be prince and saviour to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins according to the bible the most high raised up yahawashi to be prince and saviour to Israel for repentance and forgiveness of sins according to the bible it never mention no other nation only Israel john 17/8/9 for I have given them the words which you have given me and they have received them and have known surely that I came forth from you and they have believe that you sent me I pray for them I do not pray for the world so according to scripture christ is praying for those whom was given the words out of his mouth he said he do not pray for the world so why would he die for the world the he did die for Israel unless you can prove it from the bible he die for everyone
Whosoever believeth in Him. Not the entire world.
this is a truth .truth truth truth. the carnal mind will denny this
i agree
Praise God..Three bear witness of Him in heaven ...
The Father The Word and The Holy Spirit
This was enlightening. I always thought that Jesus died for every human who ever lived. I couldn’t work it out, knowing that so many don’t actually accept his gift. Now I know. Praise God.
God: I have no pleasure in the daath of the wicked, but would rather they repent and live.
God: I am not tempted with sin, neither do I tempt any man. Do not say I have caused you to sin.
God: Pray for all men because this is pleasing to me as my Son gave his life for all men and I desire that none perish.
Satan: "Hath God really said..."
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" -- 1 Peter 5:8
(I guess Peter forgot everything was already predetermined and Satan has no power to change anything... )
Start at total depravity. Ripping context less verses out of books will make your theology shallow and inconsistent.
Jesus Christ died for all humanity, for God so loved the world! God desires that all be saved and none be lost! The elect are those who cooperate with God's saving grace and repent and bear fruit and forgive others and love one another and persevere to the end! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink
Typical Biblical illiterate Arminianists , who has made a god of their own mind . A god that they want to believe in . Witch is the sin of Idolatry .
Isaiah 4517 but Israel shall be saved in an everlasting salvation of the most high ye shall not be ashamed or disgraced world without ends never mention no other world how do you get everyone out of that john 17 /8/9 I have given them the words which you have given me and they have received them and have known surely that I came forth from you and they have believe you sent me I pray for them I do not pray for the world so why would he die for the world when he isn't praying for the world
I firmly believe many pastors are afraid to preach this! It's a real fact lots of people, in effect so many more will end up in hell than in Heaven. Truth is and always has been hard to swallow for many and even at times for us, " BUT GOD" allows us thru grace, faith and understanding from the HS in our sanctification to accept the hard truth.
@@truthseeker5698 Your welcome to your opinion and interpertation ! I choose to believe in total depravity and I had nothing to do with my salvation. I have my own testimony and I can say the Holy Spirit literally pushed me into the isle when I was 14 years old. I'll have a few questions when I get home, for my Father!
@@truthseeker5698 brianless triggered unbeliever
You have no bible just self righteous cult rhetoric
Youre peabrain lack of understanding 😅😅😅😅
@@truthseeker5698 labels you have no clue what they are 😅😅😅😅
You.and youre 30 other fake profiles of the same dopik brainless strawman no 1 pays attention to
Sometimes, I think, "heavy" subjects like this should have comments disabled. In my opinion Dr. Lawson did well.
Love you Lord!
I admit there are enough negative comments concerning the doctrines of grace.. we need more sermons like this who know their Bible.
Disabling heavy subject comments is something a liberal would do when they don’t want to hear the TRUTH.
Paul.E Tedder exactly. If you’re posting your sermon publicly or any statement it should be able to stand up to scrutiny. Iron sharpens iron
Holy Spirit gives The Message
Good TULIP message. However, the historic Classic Reformed position (which is deeper and broader than tulip) speaks to the hypothetical, objective, and unlimited aspect anchored in this propitiatory doctrine.
In laymens terms please? Lol
When I read that Christ takes away the sin of the world, I interpret that to mean exactly that - not that He takes away the sin of every person in the world, but that the world will one day be a sinless world, in the eschaton - namely, the restoration of God's creation. Also, when Jesus said that if He be lifted up, He would draw all people to Himself, I take that as a reference to the judgment seat of Christ, before which every man must stand, as all authority in heaven and earth has been handed over to Christ. He bought the whole world, one way or another.
Aaaaand episode 01 on my channel addresses John 17.
Amazing as I watch that I've already covered these three faulty points from Lawson. And i only have 6 videos on my channel at this time.
What about the verse Heb. 2:9 ?
"...by the grace of God He might taste death for EVERYONE".
The word “everyone” could mean everyone “of the elect”
Jesus certainly didn’t taste death for people who already are in hell. And I think the verse also means Jesus didn’t taste death for those who are going to hell sometime in the future.
Remember also the Bible’s reading audience are Believers, not unbelievers. Paul’s epistles are written to either believers or to a church family. Unbelievers need to be saved before they can comprehend the scriptures.
This is a very easy question, since he already answered it on his exposition. EVERYONE means all of those whom he came to save and whom were given and promised by the Father to Jesus Christ before time began. EVERYONE does not mean all people without exception (otherwise all people, whether godly or ungodly, would be saved regardless their way of living) but it unarguably means all people without distinction, whether they're jews, gentiles, samaritans, poor, rich, learned, or unlearned. God bless you!
Yvette Sterling Who says Jesus most certainly did not taste death for those in hell?
Says Steve Lawson?
Or says the Bible?
Where does it say in scripture that Christ’s death is what saves us?
You said believers need to be saved before they can comprehend the scriptures.
But what you really mean is that you have to be saved to in order to believe?
Patrice Carmichael Yes He did in fact taste death for every man as the scriptures state.
There’s absolutely nothing God could say to convince these people otherwise.
“All” will never mean “ALL” unless they want it to, unless it fits their systematic.
This means that you don’t even have to show them a scripture verse because it wouldn’t even matter since they’ve already determined in their minds that no matter what the context it absolutely does not really mean “ALL”.
To the reformer:
What if God DID really mean all?
How should God have worded it differently?
If God really did want to tell us that He died for ALL then how could He possibly ever communicate that to us?
Does your doctrine render it impossible for God to communicate to us that He did in fact die for ALL?
Have you rendered God an ineffective communicator?
Do you have any suggestions as to how God could re-write His word in order to communicate to you that He did in fact die for all?
What words should He have used instead to get His point across?
How many verses do you need to convince you?
10?
20?
30?
What’s the cutoff point where you would believe that He really died for ALL?
31 verses?
How about 32?
How many verses do you need to convince you that Christ did in fact die for everyone and that there’s a genuine offer of salvation to ANYONE and EVERYONE who believes?
What would it take to convince you?
If you’ve already determined in your heart that “all” does not really mean “ALL”, then there’s absolutely nothing God could say in His word to convince you.
100 verses wouldn’t convince you.
10,000 verses wouldn’t convince you!
If there’s absolutely nothing God could say in His word to clearly tell you that salvation is freely available to ALL who believe then scripture is NOT your authority.
A man-made doctrine is your authority.
Ungi2 You said, “otherwise everyone whether godly or ungodly would be saved.”
You’re falsely assuming that we’re saved by His death, but the Word of God says we’re saved by His LIFE.
A common misunderstanding is that Christ’s death somehow saves us.
If you believe that then your faith is in VAIN.
Is the atonement Sufficient or Efficient?
Sufficient for what?
That’s not the question.
If you think the atonement was supposed to secure salvation for some then of course it’s not sufficient or efficient to save.
The atonement was not designed to secure salvation for anyone.
You’ve been deceived into thinking it was.
Although it still did secure the salvation of Abraham and all the OT saints who believed and it was credited to them.
God was not concerned none would be saved because the OT saints already were.
He just has to take care of their sin as they were still waiting in Abraham’s bosom.
Your faith is in vain if you believe Christ’s death saves you.
Scripture is crystal clear Christ’s LIFE saves you:
1 CORINTHIANS 15:14
14 And if Christ BE NOT RISEN, then is our preaching vain, and YOUR FAITH IS ALSO VAIN.
Christ’s DEATH was not efficient to save anyone.
We are saved by His LIFE which is the saving element.
ROMANS 5:10
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, MUCH MORE more, being reconciled, WE SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE.
**We’re reconciled by His death because we are redeemed or purchased.
We’re SAVED when we’re regenerated which is 100% the work of the Holy Spirit:
TITUS 3:5
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy HE SAVED US, BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Taking away someone’s sin does not save you.
Some people believe unbelief is the only sin that people pay for which is wrong.
There’s no passage saying we pay for our own sins.
People don’t go to hell because of sin.
They go to hell because they REJECT the only way to heaven which is CHRIST.
It’s our UNBELIEF that condemns is not our sin:
JOHN 3:18
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
2 Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.
Matthew 25:41 KJV
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, PREPARED for the DEVIL and his ANGELS: (hell was not prepared for lost people(goat)..lost people goes to hell because they chose not to receive the LOVE OF GOD for them)
If God was not willing that any should perish, then none would perish. 2Peter was written to believers “Simon Peter a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to you which have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. The “any” that are referred to are believers.