"The Father's Will for the Lost"

 "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have eternal life: and I will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:40 KJV)

  ""Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save! Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the LORD? For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me. Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will confess allegiance to me."" (Isaiah 45:20-23 NLT)

 Bizarre as it might sound, but the Father's will for the lost, is that everyone might be saved! This is not something that we should forget or take lightly; but, to understand what lengths the Father has went to in order to provide salvation, to the entire world, we need to look no further than the cross of His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

 That said, not everyone will take Him up on the free gift that He offers! We all know that, so it is really not something new; but, maybe something we might not have fully understood, is that everyone will be given eternal life! Bizarre as that might sound, we all have an eternal soul that belongs to God! Yes, it is true, our soul will live on in eternity forever and ever. 

 Now then, just in case your friend or family member might not be interested in God's free salvation, you might want to remind them that this present life is not over at the grave; there is another life that will be on the other side; one side is going to be in heaven, while the other side will be in hell; for all eternity, one or the other! Understandably, the hell side is really not eternal life, but more about eternal death; which means to be eternally separated from God.

  What that might appear like, I don't really know; but if you have anything that belongs to God, and that God still owns, even though it were as dead, what a terrible and miserable eternity that would be! Whatever state you might think you will be in, we will all somehow confess allegiance to God...

"But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." (Jude 17-25 KJV)