Nanja
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Salvation is a gift from God, not an imposition.
The Gift of Salvation was reckoned upon a People within the Mind of God according to His Purpose and Grace given them in Christ Jesus before the world began.
2 Tim. 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began
It had nothing to do with forcing; neither was it offered them to accept or reject.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
The word peculiar is the Gr. word periousios:
1. that which is one's own, belonging to one's possessions
a people selected by God from the other nations for his own possession
But the carnal / natural man, such as yourself cannot receive these Truths, he considers them foolishness!
1 Cor. 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.