The Fruit of the Spirit (13): Meekness

Previous article in this series: January 15, 2011, p.181. A virtue that the Holy Spirit nurtures in the believer by the doctrines of His sovereign, electing, and irresistible grace is the virtue of meekness. The Canons of Dordt, I, 13 teach that "the sense and certainty of this election afford to the children of God additional matter for daily humiliation before Him…." In the Canons of Dordt, V, 12, we confess that the doctrine of the preservation and perseverance of the saints does not...