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Universal Salvation is the result of Jesus’s self-sacrificial love and God’s abundant grace towards sinners (not towards Jews or believers, but for all that sin and die in Adam). The Gospel is not an offer or a potential deliverance, but the Good News that Jesus will rescue Adam (mankind) from the fall. “For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 “So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all mankind, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all mankind.” Romans 5:18

✡️ ISRAEL & GENTILES 🌏 “For God has shut up ALL [𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴] in unbelief/disobedience so that He may show mercy to ALL [𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴]. Romans 11:32-36 🐛 UNBELIEVERS & BELIEVERS 🦋 “even the righteousness of God which is by faith OF Jesus Christ UNTO ALL >>and<< upon ALL them that BELIEVE: for there is no difference [𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴]: for ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:” Romans 3:22-24

On the one hand, Calvinists will often argue (using passages like Rom 9) that mankind has as much control over how he believes and behaves as a piece of clay has over its own shape, while on the other hand vehemently objecting to their opponent’s accusations of making men into mere puppets. Some Calvinists want to have their cake and eat it too on this point. If they are going to interpret these biblical analogies in such a way that removes mankind’s responsibility in the process, then they cannot object to another analogy which draws the exact same conclusion. After all, what more or less responsibility does a puppet have in relation to the puppet master than a lump of clay has in relation to the potter on Calvinism’s interpretation?  If you want to interpret Paul’s analogy of the potter and the clay literally to mean that man has no say in how he believes and responds, then own it. Don’t object to other analogies that draw the exact same implications unless you are not willing to live with those implications.