The analogy is of an earthly (carnal) event.
God is not trying to imprison people, beat people, torture people while waiting for people to come willingly to accept his offer of freedom from the bondage of sin and eternal death.
He extends 'common grace' to all us sinners...beauty of his sunrises and sunsets, enjoying the sounds of his birds singing, the smell of the salt air on his oceans, the softness of a dove.
He's quite merciful as he waits.
If one chooses not to accept his offer of forgiveness, love, peace for all eternity then that's your choice. He's God, we're not. And, you do have a voice in the matter.
God has said that he sets before us two roads. Life or death. Then he even gives us the answer key........"Choose life".
Good advice.
The Apostles of Christ explain God's plan of salvation with no ambiguity whatsoever. Man has a choice, the freedom to accept or not accept the truth and wisdom being delivered in the Word through the Holy Spirit....The Spirit delivered truth from heaven through those He (the Holy Spirit) inspired, directly during the time of the Christ who had the spirit without measure (proving that the Spirit was given/granted in measure as determined by the Throne of Heaven....Christ being God incarnate was unlimited with that Holy Spirit...….
"For He (the Christ) whom God has sent speaks the words of God; For God given not the Spirit by measure to Him (the Christ)." -- John 3:34
The purpose of the Holy Spirit was to deliver Truth from heaven through the teachings of Christ. "Sanctify them by Your Truth.....Your word is Truth." -- John 17:17 Sanctify: to make pure, to make Holy
God tells us what He wants for every man....but its a free will choice they have to make. "The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness, He is patient with you, not wanting you to perish, but everyone come to repentance." -- 2 Peter 3:9 "This is good, and pleases God our savior, who wants all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the TRUTH." -- 1 Tim. 2:3-4
There is the simple truth.....God wants everyone to be saved, but there is a condition.....its TRUTH that first must be accepted before salvation is possible.
That truth was first delivered from Heaven by THE CHRIST though the power bestowed upon Him via the Holy Spirit that descended upon Him like a dove.....Christ taught this truth while He was alive, and then promised His Apostles they would be able to continue in teaching the same truth as He because God would send a Helper, the Holy Spirit to bring remembrance of His teaching back to them after His death. -- John 15:26
Today....we find TRUTH through the inspired record of those same Apostles, The Holy Scriptures. Today.....the Holy Spirit dwells within us when we adhere to that Truth found in the Holy Scriptures. If you want to talk to God, go to the record of that truth and be advised by God. That record contains everything that pertains unto Life and Godliness. (2 Peter 1:2-4) We have the Spirit (when that Word lives within us) with measure.
Which reminds me of an old native American analogy concerning good and evil....the 2 choices. The Spirit with measure works the same way today.
The story goes like this in native American tradition. In each of us lives 2 ravenous wolves, one good, one evil. They are constantly at battle with one another, but ultimately there can only be one victor. Who that victor will be is determined by which Spirit is given the most to eat.....for he will become the stronger. If you feed your Spirit (your mind) from the truth found in THE WORD...good will prevail, if your Spirit is feed a consistent secular diet......the god of this world will win out (Satan).
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