"Men imagine they are sovereign in the realm of the will and that no one can break their resolution --no, not even God. This is childish.They have no greater control over it than the captain of a sailing vessel has over the set of his sails. If he is not demented he will spread them to suit his course, and that is determined for him by the breeze."           A.E. Knoch

32 For God locks up all together in stubbornness, that He should be merciful to all.


33 O, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How inscrutable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!


34 For, who knew the mind of the Lord? or, who became His adviser?


35 or, who gives to Him first, and it will be repaid him?


36 seeing that out of Him and through Him and for Him is all: to Him be the glory for the eons! Amen!

We, all of mankind, shall make it home, and God alone will make sure of it. The cross of Christ is NOT the emblem of eternal exclusivity: it is the incontrovertible guarantee of God that He has taken care of everything.

--anonymous

1 Tim 4:9-11, 1 Cor 15:20-28, John 1:29, 1 Tim 2:4-6, Rom 5:18-19, John 12:32, 2 Cor 5:18-21, Phil 2:10-11