Don't you teach that sinners Christ died for are going to perish in their sins anyways?
Didn't Jesus teach that the seed which is thrown onto stony ground, onto brambles, and onto sunny ground all perished, and did not prosper to bring forth much fruit? Wasn't the seed that was cast the word of God? If you understand not this parable, how will you understand any parable?
Mark 4:13-20 KJV
(13) And he said unto them,
Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
(14) The sower soweth the word.
(15) And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
(16) And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word,
immediately receive it with gladness;
(17) And have no root in themselves,
and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
(18) And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
(19) And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
(20) And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Yes, people that Jesus died for will perish in their sins. People to whom the gospel is preached will not endure. People that receive and embrace the truth (a process which you say is impossible with direct divine intervention) will fall by the wayside and turn back. Have you ever read the scripture?
Or would you rather rant and pout about how the word of Jesus is "ineffectual?"
