Ephesians 1:7-8

⁷ In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

⁸ Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),

The Blood of Jesus is what delivers us from all sin. It is Jesus’ mercy and His generous favor that covers up our shortcomings. So if that is true, let me ask you this: why wouldn’t everyone receive it? His Blood and His grace covers every sin and shortcoming, so wouldn’t that include not asking for it? We can see all throughout Jesus’ life people not asking for His grace and yet they still received it. Jesus healed ten lepers and only one stopped and thanked Him, Luke 17. The people who killed Jesus never asked for forgiveness and yet they received it, Luke 22:34. The woman caught in adultery never asked to be forgiven and yet she was, John 8. Jesus tells us to forgive, so when does that opportunity stop?

Many people will say that when a person dies all opportunity is lost to be forgiven, but if that were the case, why did Jesus go and preach to the souls in Hades after He was crucified, 1 Peter 3:20? Also if Jesus stopped forgiving people at some point, then He wouldn’t be the same yesterday, today, and forever, Hebrews 13:8.

We have been given the Holy Spirit and we have been lavished with all wisdom and we have been graced with all spiritual blessings. The Truth sets us free and the Truth is that our Saviors sacrifice far outweighed Adams sin, Romans 5:15. One man brought sin to all men and one Man, Jesus, brought redemption to all men. If it were up to us to ask for it on our own, then we would all be doomed.

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. John 6:44

The dead who are not in Christ are raised up on the last day. Those of us who are in Him will be raised up 1,000 years before then.

The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Revelation 20:5

Pretty powerful grace isn’t it?