Professor R. Decker

gospel to them. Thus the salvation in Christ which God prepared through the cross has universal availability: it is there for all as far as God is con- cerned. That all do not in fact receive this salvation is due to its condi- tionality. Only those who fulfill the condition of faith and accept that which is offered actually receive it as their own possession. The second point speaks of a restraint of sin by the work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of all men. This is, it must be...