damnation. And to make things worse, he added that God himself forces them to commit sin so that they should suffer damnation, whereas it is certain that God wills all to be saved: “This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth” (1 Tm 2:3–4). And the Lord declares that he wishes even the wicked who might justly deserve eternal death to be converted from their sinful ways and to attain salvation. “As I live, says the Lord God, I swear