“Someone who wants to remain a skeptic will find a way. For that person, a personal encounter may be the only solution, and even then they may choose to remain skeptical.”
Three true statements.
I wonder why God chooses one person and not another for an encounter.
Only God knows His reasons, but I can think of a couple of scriptures that may shed some light.
I think everyone has knowledge of God written on their hearts and evidence of God in creation. How they react to that, whether to seek God and/or obey Him, impacts God's willingness to reveal Himself to them.
But then you have Saul running around killing Christians and he gets the Damascus Road experience and becomes Paul. But maybe Saul was very sincere in what he was doing. Perhaps his attitude towards the Lord was right even if his conclusions on what to do about Christianity was wrong. I don't know.
I wonder why God chooses one person and not another for an encounter.
God touches everyone. Some have no desire to listen. As long as God is “theoretical” then so is His authority.