God’s Sovereignty in Salvation
Rev. Steven Houck's pamphlet expounds on God's absolute sovereignty in salvation, emphasizing that believers must glory in God alone rather than in themselves, since salvation from beginning to end is entirely the work of God's sovereign grace. The resource draws on Scripture to establish that God planned salvation before the foundation of the world, obtained it through Christ's death, and applies it by His grace alone, with no human contribution. This pamphlet serves as a concise theological testimony to the Reformed doctrine of God's sovereign and free grace in salvation.
Preface The apostle Paul exhorts us, “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” (I Cor. 1:31). This is the fundamental duty of every man. We are to glory in God, not in ourselves. Man is prone by nature to boast of his power and ability, and of his works and will; but he must not. For we have nothing of which to boast. Of ourselves, we are nothing and even less than nothing (Isa. 40:17). All that we are is given to us of God. “He [i.e., God] giveth to all life, and breath, and all things …...