Salvation is of the Lord*
In this meditative exposition of John 10:27-30, Gerrit Vos explores Christ's declaration that His sheep hear His voice, know Him, and receive eternal life that cannot be taken from them. Through careful exegesis of John 9-10, Vos demonstrates how Christ's works of salvation manifest God's sovereign grace toward the elect while simultaneously hardening the reprobate, illustrating both the security of believers and the judicial hardening of those who reject Christ.
*Gerrit Vos (1894-1968) was a minister in the Protestant Reformed Churches and long-time contributor to the SB. This wonderful article was first published as a meditation in the June 15, 1948 issue of the SB (vol. 24, no. 18, pp. 409-411). "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish; neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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