Who is God?

Exodus 3:14 God replied to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you."

Spirit

John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

Changeless

Hebrews 1:12b But You are the same, and Your years will never end.

All-Powerful

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, "I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be devout."

Genesis 18:14a Is anything impossible for the Lord?

Genesis 18:25c Won't the Judge of all the earth do what is just?

All-knowing

Romans 11:33 - 36 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid?

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Psalm147:5 Our Lord is great, vast in power; His understanding is infinite.

Job 37:16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

Everywhere

Psalm 139:7-12 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?

Where can I flee from Your presence?

If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

If I live at the eastern horizon [or] settle at the western limits,

even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me.

If I say, ";Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night"; -even the darkness is not dark to You.

The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You.

Eternal

2 Peter 3:8 Dear friends, don't let this one thing escape you: with the Lord one day is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years like one day.

Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty."

Holy

Isaiah 6:1a,3 I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and His robe filled the temple.....And one called to another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; His glory fills the whole earth.

Righteous

Deuteronomy 32:4 The Rock-His work is perfect; all His ways are entirely just.

A faithful God, without prejudice, He is righteous and true.

Romans 1:17-18 For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith. For God's wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,

Love

Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to everyone; His compassion [rests] on all He has made.

John 3:16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

What happens to those who never hear the Gospel?

Those that have never heard the Gospel will be judged according to their consciences. Every evil deed or evil intent will condemn them.

Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,
15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)
16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.


God has revealed himself both in nature and in the conscience of Man so no one has an excuse.

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

No one escapes Judgement that does not repent and accept Christ.

Revelation 20:15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.


But those with little knowledge are far better off than those that sit in the pew every Sunday but remain lost.

Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

Luke 12:4 "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

An attempt at understanding freewill and election

If we are going to understand election we need to start with the fall of Man.

After sin was introduced, and God entered the garden looking for Adam, what did Adam do?

Genesis 3:10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."

He hid, and Man has been hiding from God ever since.

Revelation 6:16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

We will not come to God on our own.. Rather we run from God and the acknowledgement of our sins.

God desires that all of us would come to him, but none of us will come on our own. So God does not choose who will go to hell, we choose hell ourselves. The problem is without God calling us and convicting us of our sins, we will continue in them, thus rejecting God and deserving hell.

Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

The existence of the World and all that is in it is clear evidence of God, yet we will not come to him without him initiating the call by placing conviction and guilt on our hearts. Therefore God Chooses some of us, for his own Divine reasons and through no merit of our own, to bring to him.

Matthew 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."

Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen."

Psalms 65:4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.

This is the reason that Man is responsible if he goes to hell, but God deserves all the credit for salvation.