Christ died to Save All, not just a select few

A good friend of mine said the following: "There is not a persons eyes, that I have looked into, that Jesus did not die for."

So what's this mean when it comes to the belief of predestination? For myself, I truly do not believe that before we were born, some of us were predestined to accept Jesus and have eternal life, while the rest were not. If this was the case, why are we expected to go out into the world and preach the gospel message? Why have we been given the gift of free will to except Jesus? Why did Jesus die on the cross for us if God has already chosen who will be saved and who will be lost? Why do the scriptures state that Christ died for all? Why did God use Paul, the worst of sinners, as an example that if Paul could be saved then any one of us can also be saved? No, for me, predestination in regards to our salvation does not line up with what is outlined within the Scriptures. However, I do believe we all have been given a special gift from God that we are expected to use to help spread the Good News and serve the Lord. It's when we except Christ as our Savior that this gift we carry truly begins to flourish in our lives and the lives of those around us. 

1 Corinthians, Chapter 12: 27-31
(New Living Translation) 

²⁷ All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. ²⁸ Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:

first are apostles,
second are prophets,
third are teachers,
then those who do miracles,
those who have the gift of healing,
those who can help others,
those who have the gift of leadership,
those who speak in unknown languages.

²⁹ Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles? ³⁰ Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not! ³¹ So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts.

But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.

2 Corinthians, Chapter 5: 14-21
(The Message)

^14-15 Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.
^16-20 Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
²¹ How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

Mark, Chapter 16: 15-16
(The Message)

Then he said, “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all. Whoever believes and is baptized is saved; whoever refuses to believe is damned.
 
Just a thought. What's yours?
God Bless