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Originally Posted by crakjak
The father of the prodigal would still be waiting today, or until his son returned. He never, ever gives up!! Just read Psalms 136, to allow your vision of His love and mercy to expand to His inexhaustible and irresistible size!
It is human and religious to place boundaries on His love, He says it never fails, period! |
What if the prodigal son gave up and never stopped wallowing in the mire, away from receiving the fulfillment of the promises his father made him? The love of God never fails and his mercy endures forever, but God is not going to force anyone to come to Him.
If He was this type of God, Pharaoh would have been saved, Judas would have been saved, Ahab would have been saved, Jezebel would have been saved, etc. If He was that type of God, there was no need for the Cross, no need for His blood to be shed, no need for Him to take a crown of thorns, for His mercy and love would have saved all men, regardless if they came to Him or not.
It's His will (desire, want) that none would perish and all would be led to repentance, but not all are led to repentance and some do perish. It's not because there is any deficiency on God's end, it's because, sometimes, the prodigal son doesn't come to himself and return back to the embrace of his father.
I'm not questioning whether the love of God fails or if His mercy really endures forever, for I believe very, very strongly in my heart that they do. I also know that the shepherd rejoiced when the one lost sheep out of one hundred was reunited with him. The shepherd didn't rejoice while the sheep was lost and didn't rejoice in the hope that the sheep would be found, he rejoiced when he was reunited with the sheep because the sheep decided to turn back to the shepherd.
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