The Saved and The Lost

The saved believe God, but the lost call God a liar. 

1John 5:10 LITV, The one believing in the Son of God has the witness in himself.  The one not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning His Son.  

The saved are thankful to God, but the lost are thankless to God.

1Thessalonians 5:18 LITV, In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. 

Romans 1:21a LITV Because knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful.

The saved worship and serve the Creator, but the lost worship and serve the creation.

John 4:23a LITV, But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 

Romans 1:25 LITV, who changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

The saved have pleasure in righteousness, the lost have pleasure in unrighteousness.

1John 3:7-8a LITV, Little children, let no one lead you astray; the one practicing righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous. The one practicing sin is of the Devil, because the Devil sins from the beginning.

The saved practice obedience to God, the lost practice disobedience to God.

John 14:21 LITV, He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is that one who loves Me; and the one that loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and reveal Myself to him. 

Colossians 3:6 LITV, on account of which the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience, 

The saved say evil is evil and good is good, but the lost say evil is good and good is evil.

1Thessalonians 5:15 LITV, See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue the good, both towards one another and towards all.

Isaiah 5:20 LITV, Woe to those who say to evil, good; and to good, evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

God always achieves His plan

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.