Is it appropriate to pray for the salvation of whole groups of people (atheists and others) when you know God is not going to save everyone?
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How about Ninevah? Perhaps even we good Calvinists may find that God is indeed more merciful than we assume.
Just because God is not going to save "everyone" does not mean that God will not save all within a certain group, does it?
Posted by: Jeff Peterson | February 01, 2010 at 07:22 AM
Yes.
I'm with Spurgeon:
"Save all of the elect; and then elect some more."
Besides, there will be people from every tribe and tounge and people and nation in heaven (Rev. 5, 7).
Posted by: J. K. Jones | February 01, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Calvinistically speaking, prayer aligns us with what God is doing. When we pray for our enemies, we obtain the proper mind set towards them.
Posted by: Dave | February 01, 2010 at 04:05 PM
Dave, when you pray then do you pray for your mindset or for the people? It doesn't seem like praying for the people would make much sense, since God will elect who he pleases anyway.
Posted by: Branden | February 09, 2010 at 12:20 AM