10 Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).
If our Father is leading you as He was Paul to understand and have faith in the glorious Truth that it is His power and His will acting in our lives, then you will not be liked by men, especially so called religious men. You won’t be liked because Jesus is a Stumbling Stone and He is a Rock of Offense. He is these things to many people because man wants to earn our Father’s favor through their own efforts and powers. Many want to glory in their acceptance or denial of God. It takes all of the the fun away for these people when they hear that if we believe, we only believe because Jesus caused us to.
And, A Stone that will cause stumbling and a Rock that will give [men] offense; they stumble because they disobey and disbelieve [God’s] Word, as those [who reject Him] were destined (appointed) to do. 1 Peter 2:8
How awesome is that verse: people disobey because they were destined to disobey! Ask yourself, who set’s destiny? Our Father does, Psalm 139:16. So if the disobedient were destined to do so, they will also one day be destined to understand the Truth that will set them free.
Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth. 1 Timothy 2:4
These people may have never been destined to understand the Truth now, while they are on the earth, but they will one day. One day our Father will allow them to see the Truth and they will be set free by it. Some people may have to go through the fire of Hades first, and they may not be chosen to be the Bride of Christ, but they will be saved from the Lake of Fire.
But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15
Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you. Revelation 3:9
Our Father tells us that those who were disobedient will one day come to us and not only acknowledge that we were actually being used, or loved by God, but they will also learn from us. People don’t learn in the Lake of Fire, they are destroyed in the Lake of Fire. These disobedient people now will be our guests at the Wedding Feast and they will learn the Truth that will set them free. They will understand the Truth that it is all our Father and that it always has been Him. They will come to know that it is and has always been His free will and not ours. They will know that He controls and controlled everything all of the time. They will be set free by this Truth and they will eternally be our guests in eternity!
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