Well, this is my second post, and now I realize this is a Calvinist discussion board.<br><br>1Tim 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.<br> 5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;<br> 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.<br><br>That is not a very difficult passage of scripture. It means just what it says. But the Calvinist can't leave it alone because it destroys his man-made system of theology. Now you will be quick to tell me that if we take the verses literally, then all souls would have to be saved. That is not even close to being correct. I can leave the verse alone and believe it, and it is in harmony with the rest of the Bible. <br><br>Let me explain: There was a little island of the coast of Alaska. There was a community of Eskimos that lived there and they lived off of fishing, for the most part. They decided that they needed a doctor on the island, so they chose a young man that was intelligent and seemed to have promise. They made an agreement with him - they would pay for all his education if he would go to college and med school and return and provide medical care for all the villagers for at least 10 years after his graduation. The young man became a doctor and returned to fulfill his obligation. One day one of the villagers became quite ill. The man's neighbor went to the doctor to get him to go see the sick man. The doctor went to the man's house and knocked on the door. The sick man would not let him in the house. The neighbor pleaded with the man to let the doctor come in and help. The sick man refused. The man died of pneumonia. The doctor could have, and would have given the man antibiotics to defeat the infection.<br><br>The young man was the doctor of ALL the villagers. The young doctor was WILLING TO TREAT THEM ALL, and WANTED TO DO SO. But the sick man wanted nothing to do with him.<br><br>Leave the Bible alone. It means just what it says, and says just what it means. Leave it alone in 1 Tim 2 and leave it alone in 1 Tim 4.<br><br>1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.<br><br>Now don't waste your breath calling me an Arminian, a born again child of God cannot lose their salvation. Calvinism and Arminianism are ditches on either side of the narrow way. Believe what the Bible SAYS, not what you try and make it mean to fit your system of theology.<br>
