If God Desires All to Be Saved, Why Aren’t They?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

God “desires all people to be saved,” Paul tells us — but clearly not all people are saved. Does this mean God cannot do what he wants to do?

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0:00.0	Good Friday, everyone.
0:05.9	Literally, good Friday.
0:07.8	It's good Friday on the calendar.
0:09.1	A day set apart for serious joy.
0:12.1	Set apart for us to dwell on the death of our Savior, Jesus Christ this holiday is no
0:17.0	funeral.
0:18.5	It's a celebration.
0:19.5	It's that odd celebration of ours and the main song of eternity, that eternal song about
0:25.3	the unparalleled beauty and worth of the reigning lamb, Jesus Christ, who was slain.
0:33.6	Today's episode is not good Friday, focus, per se, but perhaps we'll get into the majesty
0:38.8	and the mystery of the cross in God's design of it.
0:44.5	The question I think leads us there.
0:45.9	We'll see.
0:46.9	It's from a listener named Tim, Pastor John Hello, and thank you for this podcast.
0:50.7	First Timothy 2 verses 3 to 4 says that God desires all men to be saved.
0:55.3	He desires that end that all would be saved, but not all men are saved.
1:03.1	Does that mean number one God will not do what he wants to do or number two that God
1:10.6	cannot do what he wants to do?
1:14.1	It has to be one of these two options, right?
1:18.2	No, because what the Bible shows over and over again is that there are in many cases two
1:27.6	wants W-A-N-T-S, two wants, two wills in God, not just one.
1:36.1	So it's not accurate to say that God will not do what he wants to do since in choosing
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