The Means of Grace

In considering the gathering of the church, we saw how Scripture reveals that gathering as God's work exclusively. It is the wonder work of divine, sovereign grace. It is the work of particular grace. That is evident in what the inspired apostle writes to the church at Thessalonica in II Thessalonians 2:13-14: "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and...