“The Holy Spirit convicts and corrects.  The Holy Spirit leads us all to truth.”

 

And to this I respond with a wholehearted and an enthusiastic AMEN!   It is the Holy Spirit that leads others to Truth, Dan – not you – and not Lucy – and not Bart – and not me or anyone else.  It is the Holy Spirit who does the transforming and it is the Holy Spirit who does the redeeming, my Friend — NOT YOU!  And yet, here once again, there is no need to merely take my word for it … Allow the Bible itself to speak to you clearly on this matter:

 

“All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” ~ Psalms 22:27

 

“O you, [God] who answers prayer.  To you all flesh shall come.” ~ Psalms 65:2

 

“The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast Love.  The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.” ~ Psalms 145:8-9

 

“On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples … And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations.  He will swallow up death forever.  Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the Earth.” ~ Isaiah 25:6-8

 

“I will not execute my fierce anger … For I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.” ~ Hosea 11:9

 

“At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.” ~ Zephaniah 3:9

 

“So it is not the will of my Father in Heaven that even one of these little ones should be lost.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:14)

 

“For everyone will be salted with fire.” ~ Jesus Christ (Mark 9:49)

 

“And all flesh shall see the salvation of God” ~ Luke 3:6

 

“Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; and to him all of them are alive.” ~ Jesus Christ (Luke 20:38)

 

“The true light, which lights up everyone, was coming into the world.” ~ John 1:9

 

“It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father [ultimately] comes to me.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 6:45)

 

“I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also and they will listen to my voice. And then there will be one flock” ~ Jesus Christ (John 10:16)

 

“And I, once I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 12:32)

 

“I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them; for I came not to judge the world, but to offer it salvation.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 12:47)

 

“For God has imprisoned all in disobedience, that He might be merciful to all.” ~ Romans 11:32

 

“Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they [all] will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand.” ~ Romans 14:4

 

“He has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time; to gather up all things in him, the things in Heaven and the things on Earth.” ~ Ephesians 1:9-10

 

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” ~ Titus 2:11

 

“I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel … It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt … But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, ‘Know the Lord’, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more” ~ Jeremiah 31:31-34

 

“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  so that you may be children of your Father in Heaven.  For He makes His sun rise on both the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous as well.  For if you only love those who love you in return, what reward do you have? … And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others?” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:44-47)

 

“Be perfect [in LOVE] therefore, just as [the LOVE] of your Father in Heaven is perfect … There is no fear in Love, but perfect Love casts out fear.  For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in Love.” ~ Matthew 5:48 + 1 John 4:18

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