![]() He experienced abandonment from God when his fellowship with His Father was broken for the first time. In order to provide salvation for us, Jesus suffered excruciating physical pain through his scourging, physical abuse, and crucifixion. The Apostle Paul stated, “For He (God) hath made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (II Corinthians 5:21). (2) Perhaps the greatest evidence that God wants all people to be saved is seen in the fact that He gave up His only begotten Son for our redemption. Solomon ended his search to fill that God-shaped vacuum in his life and said, “Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Solomon, the richest and wisest man in ancient history, wrote the words in Ecclesiastes 3:11 pertaining to “eternity in our hearts.” He explored every conceivable avenue of potential satisfaction and concluded, “everything under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and striving after wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:17). The book is the most broadly-based reference work yet produced on gods from all over the world from A-a, the sun goddess of Mesopotamia, to Zurvan, the Persian god of fate. Michael Jordan, the author, not the former NBA basketball player, has written a book entitled Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World. In Ecclesiastes 3:11 the Bible says that God has “put eternity in hearts.” I took a course in Anthropology when I was in college and wrote a paper on the religions of aboriginal tribes in remote areas of the world such as the religion of the Nama Hottentots in Southwest Africa and the Dreamtime religion of the aboriginal tribes of Australia. (1) God has placed within us a desire for immortality. ![]() These verses of scripture prompt me to suggest that there are at least six evidences to indicate why God wants all people to be saved. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17). John 3:16 tells us that “whosoever believes on Him (Christ) should not perish, but have everlasting life.” The last invitation of the Bible declares, “And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.' And let him that heareth say, ‘Come.’ And let him that is athirst come. The Apostle Peter wrote, “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” (II Peter 3:9). The Bible says that God wills for all men to be saved.
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