Why do some people receive the gift of salvation, and other people do not? You may ask, Why did I receive salvation and why does so and so reject salvation?
The reason why salvation is received through the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished Work is because of God; For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9kjv) It says in Jonah 1:9, Salvation is of the LORD.
The reason why salvation is rejected through the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished Work is because of man. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God (Romans 3:10-11kjv). All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; (Isaiah 53:6kjv).
So we can see clearly, 1. A person receives salvation through the Lord Jesus, not because he or she is better than those of reject salvation through the Lord Jesus, but because of God and His Amazing grace! God turns a rebellious sinner into a new man in the Lord Jesus. 2. A person who rejects salvation through the Lord Jesus, rejects Him because it is their nature to do so, having an evil heart (rebellious sinner), rather have pleasure in unrighteousness, than the truth.
If you are saved, remember that before we were saved, we rejected Jesus, just like many do today, but God saved us by His grace, otherwise if God did not save us by His grace, you and I would still be rejecting Christ, heading towards an eternity, where we would be lost forever!
