2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(NIV)
Understand God desires; For all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth.
1 Timothy 2:4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.(NIV)
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(NIV)
However, it matters what man elects to do. Those who live according to the sinful nature [flesh], have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance [agreement] with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, IF the Spirit of God lives in you. And IF anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But IF Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your Spirit is alive because of righteousness. And IF the Spirit of Him who raised Christ from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Therefore, we have an obligation – but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For IF you live according to the sinful nature, you will die! But , IF by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live because those who are led by the Spirit of God are Sons of God.
Romans 8:5-14 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation–but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.(NIV)