The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9 ESV)
He gave up his one and only son Jesus Christ to accomplish our salvation…
What more could he do? And if there was more he could do, he would surely have done it, no?
And yet many will not, in fact, be saved. Just as the verse states, God really isn’t wanting anyone to perish, but rather to repent and be saved! (2 Peter 3:9)
Yet, apparently less than 15% of Christians see it that way.
But he cannot control our will. Free will in the Bible refers to being free from God’s control. Some might scoff at the idea, but there really are things that God simply cannot do. The letter to the Hebrews, for instance, reminds us that “God cannot lie.” (Hebrews 6:18) “But he could if he wanted to,” someone might dispute. But God really cannot lie. He cannot even want to lie. He cannot think, ponder, desire, or feel to lie in the slightest bit. His nature is perfect in holiness and righteousness. This must be dwelt upon a little. It would be a complete contradiction to God’s nature and character. In the same way that God could not be something and nothing at the same time, neither can he be true and false at the same time.
According to surveys, roughly 32% of Christians believe that God can save all mankind but will not, and about 53% of Christians believe that God can save all mankind and will.
Very quickly, I will point out the serious problems with these two views:
God can save all mankind but will not
For God to be able but unwilling to save all mankind is to make him out to be a tyrannical god of anger, not a God of Love. God, though he can be provoked to anger, is not a god of anger.
God can save all mankind and will
If so, then the birth, life, suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ to which the entirety of the Bible speaks was needless, and he is not the only way to the Father. The love and salvation of God has a single condition and it’s called The Gospel. For a more in depth study on this read God’s Love is Not Unconditional.