The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum The use of "all"

Zoe,<br><br>Actually, I don't care for your little illustrative story. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img] Why? because it isn't true to the facts of the biblical case. For, it is GOD who demands the ransom, not some "bad guys". Secondly, those held in ransom are sinners who actually have no desire to be set free from that which is holding them in bondage, i.e., their sinful nature. The Scriptures do not describe them as babies nor adults, but cadavers; they are dead. Thirdly, it is Christ who pays the ransom to God, after which those held in bondage will infallibly be set free, for God is a holy and righteous God and cannot go back on His word. He Who has received the payment of ransom is under obligation to release those held in captive. Thus ALL for whom the ransom has been paid MUST be released. And so it is, that in God's perfect time, the Spirit comes to those who have been predestined to eternal life and recreates their dead soul, giving them spiritual life which immediately reaches out and takes hold of Christ unto salvation. They are "set free" from the bondage which held them captive.<br><br>In His Grace,