“But ye would not.”

 

When Christ spoke these words, He had just said, “I would have gathered you together as a mother hen gathers in her chicks.” But the repsonse?  “[They] would not.”  But Why not?  There are two (2) root answers to this.  One is a divine answer and the other a very human answer.

The divine answer is simple but not preached or taught for the most part. The doctrine of God’s Free-will Election of whom He wills to Salvation is the divine answer, “I will have compassion upon whom I will have compassion and I will harden whom I will harden,” is said clearly and plainly by God the Father.  Christ says, “even so the Son quickeneth whom I will.”  The Holy Spirit also speaks on this when He forbids Paul from going to certain places with the Gospel.

This doctrine can be seen in John five (5) when Christ heals one, “certain man” who was among a “great multitude of impotent folk.”  he passed over and left the great multitude in their impotency or, interms of typology, in their SIN and sins.  The prededing is the divine answer as to why persons will not believe the Gospel.  We shall move on (DV) to why persons will not believe from a human perspective.

The answer or answers to the question, “Why will persons not believe the Gospel?” from a human perspective are these:

*Authority and submission
*Pride
*Dead family members
*Living family members
*Christ-ians
*No understaning
*Other’s opinions
*Etc.

*Authority and submission: Sinners seem to know what many Christ-ian preachers do not.  I have asked sinners why they will not come to Christ and I received a very honest answer, “Because I would have to stop doing X.” Now let me be clear at this point.  Many a minister would say, “No, No, No, You come just as your are.” Reader, That’s a hymn and not Scripture. In Scripture when men came to Christ they knew they were coming to a new Lord, a new Master and leaving behind those sins and that SIN that weighed them down and made them servants to SIN, (s)atan, and self.  In many of today’s churches this is not mentioned, there is no mention of repentance or Christ as Lord.  It is wrong, very wrong. Even though many churches have forsaken the doctrine of repentance, the sinners still recognize it!!! This is of God.  Authority and submission is one (1) reason persons will not believe in Christ.  Many person respects not authority and are unwilling to submit to authority.  This is easily proven by crime statistcs, the broken family, the hatred for Police and President and the ease in which those, without understanding, express that hatred in terms most belligerant and violent

*Pride: If love of money is the root of all evil, the first leaf or pedal must be pride. It is sad but it is true that some, if not many, Christ-ians are slow to confess their faith in Christ before others. This is a real phenomonon,. Even Scripture, Even Christ, Himself addresses this.  Paraphrasing the Lord, Whosoever is ashamed or embarrassed by Me, that person shall I be ashamed in the Presence of My Father and the angels. Does this mean that those who were embarrassed by their faith in Christ are damned? Or does this mean the ashamed will be marked by their embarrassment?  You research this question, and learn the answer on your own.  It is pride that allows not a person to confess sins, and the failure to do what is right and good.  It is pride that says, “I determine my own destiny.,” or  “I’m in charge of my fate.”  It is pride that will not confess sin and it is pride that will not put one’s soul into the Hands of the Christ.

*Dead family members:  This is a rough one.  If a person is to come to Christ, with granted repentance and gifted faith, they will be acknowledging that beloved family members, who have not come to Christ, are in Hell.  This is a hard truth to face, but truth it is. We all understand this feeling and our hearts break with this knowledge.

*Living family members:  Many a person may want to attend church, but they do not because of a husband or a wife.  It is true that when one spouse is a Christ-ian and one is not, it causes a division and Christ told us it would.  Christ forewarns persons, that to be one of His is to love Him and to Hate everyone else. Hating everyone else means being loyal to Christ and obeying Christ even when it divides a family. Some persons will not pay that cost.

*Christ-ians:  This is so bad, but it is also true.  Some reject the faith because of professing Christ-ians they may know. We know a guy; if he was the poster child for Christ-ianity, Christ-ianity would die. I say die, humanly speaking, of course.  This guy that portends or pretends to be a Christ-ian is more of an advertiser for (s)atanists, Psychopaths, Sociopaths, Wolves in sheeps clothing, and the God-hated reprobate.  It is sad but it is true, Christ-ians, like the Pharisee, hamper, and hinder a persons entrance into the Kingdom.

*No Understanding: Those that reject Christ and the Gospel Command are blinded and they receive not the things of the Spirit. They that reject Christ have dead spirits within their souls and therefore, they are spiritually blind,  s. deaf,  s. dumb, and  s. lame, and s. lost.

*Other’s opinion: Many reject Christ due to the opinions of others. Many have the very wrong idea concerning the Person of Christ.  They see painted pictures that represent Christ wrongly.  They think of Christ as merely a swear word. Still others cannot see Christ or look upon Christ, except as a sweet baby. Some even see the faith as a feminine quality….these persons are ignorant to Scripture. And yet others see Christ-ianity as a crutch and they are correct. However, they being crutchless, shall fall into the Hands of an angry and Living God, Who is called a “Consuming Fire.”

*Etc: This list is not exhaustive, persons have many an excuse to reject the Christ, an ox, newly bought property, a funeral, or “almost thou persuadest me,”  or “Come at a more convenient time.”  or even (s)atan’s own and copywritten, and trademarked,  “I will…”   etc. etc. etc.

Thanks be to God, He never accepted any excuses from me. There is no reason to reject the Christ, only poor excuses.

Reader, Heaven and Hell are not the issue in salvation, The issue is, Who own’s you?  The issue is, Who purchased you? And what was the Price?  It is not about souls being saved, but Souls glorifying God.  It’s about “adding to the church such as should be saved” to glorify God and to expand His Kingdom and His reign.

Yet the answer of the wicked and the unrighteous is not a simple, “No, thank you.”  They answer with wood. They answer by Crucifying the God-man, the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of man…..our Lord Jesus.

Godspeed.