Laboring in the Consciousness of God’s Sovereignty in Missions (4): Jesus’ Proclamation of His Hardening of the Reprobate

Rev. Miersma is western home missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches. Previous article in this series: January 15, 2008, p. 174. As election is the saving purpose of God, reprobation may be called the sovereign righteous and judicial purpose of God. God wills to save His elect from eternity. He has ordained others to be vessels of His wrath from eternity, to serve the magnifying of His grace in election and to reveal His righteous judgment in the way of their sin and hardening (Rom....