Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election (18)

Its Proclamation, (cont’d) A further difficulty in the proclamation of this truth which the faithful preacher will encounter is the insistence of some that it is of such a nature, emphasizing God’s sovereignty as it does, that it tends to blind them to man’s responsibility.  They hide behind the former as a cover to excuse themselves from the latter.  They excuse their sin by hiding behind “total depravity.” They excuse their total depravity by hiding behind God’s sovereign ordination of sin....