PRAY THAT ALL WILL BE SAVED AND KNOW THE TRUTH

1 Timothy 2:3-4-For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Prayer for those in authority should always have an evangelical purpose. Our real goal is that they would come under the authority of Jesus and make decisions allowing the Gospel to have a free course and be glorified.

On a human level, we can certainly say that God desires all men to be saved. There is no one in such high authority that they don’t need salvation in Jesus.

God’s desire for all men to be saved is conditioned by His desire to have a genuine response from human beings. He won’t fulfill His desire to save all men at the expense of making men robots that worship Him from simply being programmed to do so.

Because this is true (as seen from a human perspective), the gospel must be presented to all without reservation. Any idea of limiting evangelism to the elect is absurd.

Salvation is clearly associated with coming to the knowledge of the truth. One cannot be saved apart from at least some understanding of who Jesus is and what He has done to save us.

Prompt: Pray 1 Timothy 2:3-4. Today, pray for someone you know to come to know Jesus. Pray that God will increasingly give you the knowledge of the truth, too.

Based on the Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik.