It is important to understand, God depends on no man to achieve what He has planned to do. God does not hope there will be some who will come to repentance and faith and be saved, God does not hope for nothing, He is God. God chose to have a people for Himself in Jesus, and chose them before the foundation of the world. The Bible says in Ephesians 1:4 LITV, according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, and everyone whom He has chosen for salvation will be saved in His Son, the Lord Jesus, by the grace of God, and they will be in heaven with Him. That is what 2Peter means when the Bible says in Ch. 3 v. 9 LITV, The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not having purposed any of us to perish, but all of us to come to repentance. God has not purposed any of His Elect people to perish, but all His Elect people to come to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus. God will grant them by His grace the gifts of repentance and faith to receive the gift of salvation in Christ Jesus, which is also by the grace of God. Salvation is by the grace of God in Christ Jesus. That is what 2Peter 3:9 means. Every one of God's elect will come to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and not perish.
Some may say then, if God did not choose me, then it is not my fault I do not come to repentance, and I go to hell because God chose not to save me. No. A person goes to hell because they willfully rejected Christ and die in their sins. They have offended a Holy God, and receive what they deserve, which is the righteous justice of God for their offences. John 3:18 LITV, The one believing into Him is not condemned; but the one not believing has already been condemned, for he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Understand, because God has chosen whom He will save for His eternal glory, and will accomplish what He has planned to do, that does not take away the responsibility of man, to come to repentance and faith in Jesus. Man is very much accountable for rejecting Jesus Christ. God has given His revealed will, which is the Bible, and God commands in the book of Acts 17:30b LITV, now strictly commands all men everywhere to repent, and a person is very much accountable for willfully rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, and will face an eternity in hell for their rebellion, if they die without Christ Jesus.
If you do not know Christ Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, come to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, trust in Him to save you by what He has done, by His death, burial, and resurrection, and the Bible says you shall be saved, which is all by the grace of God. The Bible says in Romans 10:13 LITV, For everyone, "whoever may call on the name of the Lord will be saved." There is only one way for salvation and His Name is Jesus. John 14:6 LITV, Jesus said to him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Amen.
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