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As we take up the subject of God's law and man's will, we arrive at the test of the genuineness of our confession of the sovereignty of God's grace in salvation. We will learn whether our confession of God's sovereignty is merely academic and theoretical, or truly personal and experiential. Sovereig
What do you mean by sovereign?’ I would prefer to say something about ‘grace’ before I have to explain ‘sovereign.’ That salvation is all of grace means simply that salvation is undeserved, in fact, contrary to what we deserve. It means salvation does not depend upon us. It does not depend upon any
We hear it said so often that God is a sovereign God; that God’s sovereign counsel contains the destiny of all creatures: that the grace of God is sovereign elective grace. Yet, do we realize just what the word “sovereign” implies? Do we realize the extent of God’s sovereignty? What is meant by God’
And therefore, the doctrine of a sovereign, particular grace must stand. And even as far as the outward revelation of Christ in the gospel is concerned, the truth that this takes place only according to God's own sovereign dispensation must also stand: the gospel is preached at that time and to that
As Elisha Cole said: “That whatsoever things are requisite to salvation are given of God freely to all the elect, and wrought in them effectually by the Divine power, in order that salvation to which He hath appointed them.” And again, “It (the covenant of grace) therefore runs not upon conditional
This surrender to the sovereignty of God is a wonder of grace as well, a key part of the mother’s sanctification. Her situation is not unlike the one outlined by Christ in Matthew 10:38–39: “And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Sovereign election makes us righteous before God in Christ, but the old man of sin cleaves to us in this life, and our battles serve to open our eyes more and more to the depths of God’s love and his holiness. The truths of sovereign grace take nothing from real human life and direct all the glory a
Grace is also seen in Scripture as an irresistible, almighty, and efficacious power of God that transforms the dead sinner from his filthy corrupt state to one who is “accepted in the Beloved”. Ephesians chapter two describes how we were dead in trespasses and sins, but were made alive by the grace
This wonderful truth of sovereign grace means that there is nothing in our salvation which is left for us, weak and miserable sinners, to do. It is all in the hands of Him who created Heaven and Earth. We can be sure that the work which God has begun in us will by His grace be fully done! To one who
That grace is never earned by our works and is never bestowed upon us because of our goodness, for then salvation would be by man and not by grace. Rather it is a free gift by pure and sovereign grace through faith. Oh, there are those who claim that salvation is all of grace and that it is made ava