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“I thank Him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief …” (1 Tim. 1:12f).
Consider blindness and the vessels of wrath in Romans 9, plus any other scriptures.
Choice: A thousand dollars or poison. Why would 99% choose the poison? Unbelief.
Why? What is the factor that separates the Remnant from the Rest? Why does the Remnant accept? Why does the Rest reject?
See the Lord is a Royal Lord Creator Majesty Over all the Heavens and the earth and over all the Heavenly Host , the Lord is Honored , ...... So in His loving relationship with people on the earth faith in His confidence is expected , and when He said something It is so ....And he does Honor those who believe and obey His Words ...... So when people reason and rationalize them self out of obeying God and His Word then blessings will not come as the confidence in love is not complete ........ But for many faith is a foreign as the honor custom have been lost and in most cases never developed , so those coming in to and converting to Christ the Lord gives them a free gift of faith as the Lord knows that the world and its corrupt spirits of doubt are hard to overcome ......