For what my Father wants is this. God intends that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him, should have eternal life. (1) There is no "secret decree" of "election." People "sort themselves out" on the basis of believing in Christ. (2) Eternal life comes to all who reach out through faith to seize the sacrifice of Christ and make themselves part of it. (See notes on Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27; Romans 6:3-11.) (3) Christ has shown us life. He is the "resurrection and the life."

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