“There is much that the omnipotent Creator cannot do. He cannot sin, contradict Himself, make a mistake, fail, tempt anyone with evil or be tempted with evil, etc. He cannot forgive sin unless the penalty is paid and accepted; for to do so without the payment would violate His justice. Nor can He cause anyone to love Him or to receive the gift of salvation [1] in Christ, for to do so would destroy the very essence of love and of a gift. That is the whole point of the Bible: ‘Choose ye this day whom ye will serve...’; ‘Whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely...’; ‘If any man will let him come’; etc. over and over and over from Genesis to Revelation. Love must come from the heart, which is why God gave man the power of choice--otherwise we could not love Him. A gift must be received, and that also requires a choice on the part of the recipient. Deny that and you have turned the Bible into a charade with God pleading with people to turn to Him whom He has already decided not to save and in fact has predestined to eternal doom from eternity past.”
--Dave Hunt, in a July, 2003, letter responding to a critic of “What Love Is This?”
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[1] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/57/salvation