I Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. ~ No on is predestinated. One has to choose. Free will has always been the kicker. Men choose NOT to believe in God of their own free will. You know why multitudes of grown men and women aren’t coming to Christ like they were in the Reformation and Great Awakenings? They don’t want Him! That was then, and this is now.
You know why they are not coming to God on the street corners, in bus ministries, huge evangelistic meetings, Gospel Blitzes, at the football games, gay pride parades? They don’t want Him! They want lucre. They want sin. They want pleasure. They want gratification. They want drunkenness. They want drug binges. They want carnal desires
The religious don’t want him either. They want buildings and temples. They want salaries. They want their own lives. They want education. They want man made ministries. They want systems. They want status. They want position. They want religion. They want a form of godliness. But they don’t want Him! I heard a wise man say once, Men are seeking fulfillment at every source but the direct source.
Our Lord said, Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:14 Many times in our ways of doing the public ministry all we really do, if truth were told, is find a sinner who is at his wits in, tired of drugs alcohol, and the affairs of this life. All these names and phrase we have for things we do! I.e. soul winning, gospel blitzes, passing out tracts, street preaching, door to door visitation. We are all reforming!
God didn’t draw them, nor did they seek him, they repented after worldly sorrow. Maybe they wanted to simply change their ways. Maybe they had a horrible day at work and took it as a sign! Maybe they wanted a change of luck. I have witnessed some that just wanted the preacher to shut up and leave!
