I like these:
John 12:32 -- "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." (Jesus was lifted up (crucified) and draws all men. Most choose not to come.)
John 5:40 -- "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." (They choose not to come.)
1 Timothy 2:3,4 -- "For this is good an acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." (God wants all men be saved, but most choose not to.)
Acts 7:51 -- "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your Fathers did, so do ye." (Most resist, choosing not to come to the savior.)
(They choose not to come)
(...most choose not to.)
(Most resist....)
How can a corpse choose to do anything? Until we are regenerated, we can do NOTHING on our own. From esvbible.org:
" And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV)"
"... you were dead in trespasses and sins...."
"But God...even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ...."
Before we are made regenerate, we can ONLY "choose" death; it's not until God makes us alive in Christ -- by HIS grace and power, not by anything in or of us, otherwise we would be able to boast--that we are saved.
I like this one:
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
(Romans 8:28-30 ESV)"
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Consider all of these through the lens of "seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not understand."