John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal
life.”
If Christ died for all men as Hebrews 9:26 says he did, then
the gift of salvation is free to every man who believes in him, for we know
that the price of the sins of the world was paid in full.
If every man can be saved, and every man knows of God as
Paul says in Romans*, then man is utterly without excuse when he faces his Creator
in judgment.
So then, is there another kind of grace, a common grace that
God gives to all people, even unsaved, as the life they are now living on the
earth and as the joys that all men receive at varying degrees?
*Romans 1:18-23 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their
unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be
known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his
invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature have been
clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that
have been made. So they are without excuse. For although
they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they
became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the
glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and
animals and creeping things.”
1 Timothy 4:4 “For everything created by God is good, and
nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,”
Hebrews 9:26 “For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of
the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
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