God pleads with sinners because God hates evil. God does not rejoice if they continue in their rebellion and murder. God is grieved over their sin. God is angry with them everyday.
"...when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts..."[Mk 3:5] "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."[Psa 7:11]
God and His children weep over their pride.
"Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law." [Psa 119:136]
"And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it," [Lk 19:41]
"But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive."[Jer 13:17]
We ought to follow this example of godly sorrow.
If I serve and love God alone and thus I have a desire for my neighbor to serve and love God alone...
1. I will plead with him to repent and believe the gospel. [because God's holy name and His holy gospel is worthy to be exalted in my life and my conversation with men. I want every one to live holy and pure for Jesus.]
2. I will weep over his sins against God. [because I'm grieved at sin and I hate it by God's grace]
3. I will do good to him. [because I love my neighbor as myself. If I love God, I will have a consuming desire for all men to love and serve God alone.]
We see this in Paul's heart. [the new heart which was given to him from God.]
"And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds." [Act 26:29]
"I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:"[Rom 9:1-3]
"Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:" [Col 1:28]
God pleads with the wicked because He does not take pleaure in their death nor their agape love of sin.
"Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned."[Jer 2:35]
"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"[Eze 33:11]
God pleads with all flesh.
"A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD."[Jer 25:31]
Man does not will to come to God.
"And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life."[Jn 5:40]
Those who seek not the honor that comes from God only... cannot believe.
"How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?"[Jn 5:44]
There is none that seeks after God.
"There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God."[Rom 3:11]
No man recieves our Lord's testimony.
"And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony."
Man seeks to kill God by not keeping His Word.
"...ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you."[Jn 8:37]
Man goes about to kill God by not keeping His Law.
"Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?"[Jn 7:19]
Men do not will to be born again, nor are they born again as a result of their will.
"And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life."[Jn 5:40]
"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." [Jn 1:13]
"So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[Rom 9:16]
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."[Php 2:13]
"Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."[Jas 1:18]
Only those that are of God hear our Lord's words.
"He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God."[Jn 8:47]
"And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." [Jn 6:65]
"Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God."[1Jn 1:11]
"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."[Rom 1:12]
Only our Lord's sheep believe Him.
"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you."[Jn 10:26]
If men believe God or even will to come to Him, it is because of God's mercy of regeneration upon that individual.
"I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name."[Isa 65:1]
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."[1Jn 5:1]
"For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"[Tts 3:3-5]
God bless you.
