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Re: Predestination, Election, And The Sovereignty Of God [message #10889 is a reply to message #8544] |
Thu, 06 March 2014 17:56 |
james Messages: 2137 Registered: April 2008 Location: Birmingham, AL |
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I came across this rebuttal to the objection to the doctrine of election as being unjust or unfair to those who are not included.
"Election deals, not simply with creatures, but with sinful, guilty, and condemned creatures. That any should be saved is a matter of pure grace, and those who are nor included in this purpose of salvation suffer only the due reward of their deeds. There is, therefore, no injustice in God's election.
God can say to all men, saved or unsaved, "Friend, I do thee no wrong...Is it not lawful for Me to do what I will with Mine own?"(Matt.20:13,15) The question is not whether a father will treat his children alike, but whether a sovereign must treat condemned rebels alike. It is not true that, because a governor pardons one convict from the penitentiary, he must, therefore, pardon all. When he pardons one, no injury is done to those who are left. But in God's government, there is still less reason for objection, for God offers pardon to all. Nothing prevents men from being pardoned except their unwillingness to accept His pardon. Election is simply God's determination to make certain persons willing to accept it."
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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