Scott
Puritan Board Graduate
1 Tim. 2:3-4 reads: "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." There are a couple of different ways reformed tend to read this. One is that God intends all kinds of people to be saved. Another is that his prescriptive will wants all people to be saved (ie. takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, etc.), even though his decreetive will decrees them to damnation.
For those who adopt that latter view, how would you explain the consistency? Any helpful analogies or illustrations?
For those who adopt that latter view, how would you explain the consistency? Any helpful analogies or illustrations?