DAILY?READINGS: 2 Samuel 7; Nahum 2-3; Romans 14:1-18
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:4
Here we have a glimpse of the expansiveness of the heart of God—that all men should be saved. There is no one on the face of the earth, however distant from God, who is beyond the pale of the great salvation that God offers. Sir Robert Anderson wrote “There is no deception in it. If forgiveness is preached to all, it is because all may share it…it is impossible that election can ever limit the value of the death of Christ, or the power of that name to save and bless.” May we continue, in accord with the mind of God, to preach the “whosoever” Gospel, and to have the expectation that any hearing it can be saved. —W. H. Burnett
Sinners Jesus will receive, sound this word of grace to all,
Who the heavenly pathway leaves, all who linger, all who fall.
—Erdmann Neumeister