1 Timothy 2:3-6 “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, (4) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (5) For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, (6) who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
The third witness quoted above, is the apostle Paul. As always, the apostle Paul is very clear and concise in revealing the will of God to us, and in this case it is no different. For in the above passage, Paul plainly tells us by the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit, that it is God’s express desire that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. The Holy Spirit couldn’t make it any plainer than that, even if He tried.
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
The fourth witness quoted above, is the apostle Peter. It is always encouraging, seeing the similarity between the gospel messages of the apostle Peter and the apostle Paul. The reason I say that, is because both men received their gospels directly from the Lord Jesus Christ, independently of each other. But time and again in scripture, we see that what Paul taught, the apostle Peter taught the exact same thing. And in this instance it is no different. For in the above passage of scripture, the apostle Peter by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, tells us plainly that it is not the will of God the Father that anyone should perish, but rather that all should be saved. And so, we have quoted the four witnesses in this section that all say the same thing, i.e. that it is the perfect will of God our Father that all men should be saved. Now I know that there are some in the church that would try twist these scriptures quoted, by saying they actually mean something other than what we simply read, but in order to try prove to us that these scriptures actually mean something else to what we simply read, they have to depart from the simplicity of Christ, which is something the apostle Paul warns us against (2 Corinthians 11:3).
Michael E.B. Maher
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