The question starts the statement with IF. That little word says it all. If only people would accept Jesus and His salvation.
The answer is that most people do not want to surrender control of their lives to anyone including Jesus. To be a Christian one has to surrender to Jesus, repent of one's sins, confess his sins to God, and change his life style from a sinful life to a holy life.
The carnal nature loves sin and sinful pleasures and pursuits. The whole world could be saved but God will not force the world to accept salvation. Listen to His invitation in Revelation 22:17:And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
John 3:15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
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