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W E с о м е T O N I G M T I N O U R S T U D Y O F B A S I C B I B L E D O C " . п . м е з т о A S T U D Y O F T H A T D O C T R I N E K N O W N A S

T H E D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O N , I N C L U D E D I N T H E D I S C U S S I O N O F T H E D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O M M U S T N E C E S -

S A R I L Y B E S O M E R E F E R E N C E T O T H E D O C T R I N E O F P R é D E S T I N A T I O N , , T H E D O C T R I N E O F R E P R O B A T I O N , A N C

S O M E OTHER T H I N G S B E C A U S E A L L OF T H E S E A R E I N T E R T W I N E D A N D FORM B U T D I F F E R E N T A S P E C T S OF T H E

S A M E S U 5 J E C T . 1 W I S H I T W E R E P O S S I B L E T O T A K E ENOUGH T I M E T O D E V O T E P E R H A P S A M O N T H T O A D I S -

C U S S I O N O F T H I S S U B J E C T . A N D E V E N T H E N I T M I G H T B E I M P O S S I B L E T O DO I T J U S T I C E . S U C H CANNOT B E

D O M E . E M T I W O U L D E M P H A S I Z E A G A I N т № г W E A R E S E E K I N G M A I N L Y T O P U T B E F O K E Y O U S O M E B A S I C P R . ' .

P L E S O F S C R I P T U R E . T O A C Q U A I N T YOU W I T H S O M E B A S I C C O N C E P T S I N T H E S E A R E A S O F P A R T I C U L A R D O C -

T R I N E S I N ORDER T H A T Y C U , T A K I N G T H E S S , M I G H T I N YOUR C O N T I N U I N G S T U D Y O F S C R I F T U R E U S E T H E S E 7

M O R E P E R F E C T L Y U N D E R S T A N D T H I N G S U P O N W H I C H W E H A V E N O T T O U C H E D , Y о T H A T E N D W E A R E R E P R O -

D U C I N G T H E S E S E R M O N S A N D T H I S O N E A S W I T H T H E OTHEF.S W I L L , IF! T H E C O U R S E C F T I M E . B E P R I N T E D

A N D R E A D Y FOR D I S T R I B U T I O N .

Q U I T E O F T E N W H E N W E B E G I N T O S P E A K O F T H E D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O N , T H E R E A R E S O M E O F M Y B R E -

T H R E N WHO SAY TKAT THERE IS NO SUCH DOCTRINE IN THE WORD OF GOD. BUT THIS IS NOT SO, THERE IS

A DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION. THERE IS A DOCTRINE OF ELECTION IN SCRIPTURE. AMD . HOPE IN THE

COURSE OF THIS LESSON TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SET BEFORE YOU, FIRST OF A L L . THE CALVINISTIC COC�

TRINE OF ELECTION. ITS WEAKNESSES AMD THE AREAS ill WHICH IT CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

AND THEN, HAVING DONE THAT. I WANT TO GO BEYOND JUST STATING WHAT THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE IS NOI"

AMD ЗЕТ BEFORE YOU 3CME pr.lNClPL.ES WHICH 1 THINK WILL BE HELPFUL IN UHDEFASTANDING WHAT THE

SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE OF ELECTION ACTUALLY IS. MANY TIMES WHEN WE BEGIN A DISCUSSION OF SOME-

ONE ELSE'S TEACHING. WE ARE ACCUSED OF PUTTING THEIR TEACHING IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE AND OF PUT-

TING IT IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE IN ORDER THAT V.'E MIGHT THEN HAVE AN EASY JOB OF SHOWING ITS WEAK-

NESSES, T H E R E F O R E , T O N I G H T I DO MOT W A N T T O W A K E T H A T M I S T A K E ; A N D S O W H A T l H A V E T O SAY ACC

T H E C A L V I N I S T I C D O C T R I N E O F P R E D E S T I N A T I O N A N D E L E C T I O N W I L L B E T A K E N F R O M C A L V I N I S T I C W R I T E R S

F E R . . A P S W I T H B U T O N E E X C E P T I O N , T H E S T A T E M E N T S W I L L B E T A K E N F R O M A W R I T I N G B Y T H E L A T E L O U I .

B E R K H O F W H O W A S P R O F E S S O R O F S Y S T E M A T I C T H E O L O G Y A T C A L V I N S E M I N A R Y . . ! T H I N K T H A T A P R O F E S � \

S O R O F S Y S T E M A T I C T H E O L O G Y A T C A L V S N S E M I N A R Y M I G H T B E R E G A R D E D A S A N E X P E R T A S T O J U S T E X A C T

V . ' . V . T : : D O C T R I N E O F C A L V I N I S M T E A C I £ 5 F I R S T O F ' . . ' . : ' . . V ' I ' ' . R E A D T O Y O U M R , B E R K K O F S P I N

T I O N O F T H E D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O N A S I T I S T A U G H T B Y C A L V I N I S M . H E S T A T E S T H A T E L E C T I O N M A V B E

D E F I N E D A 3 " T H A T E T E R N A L A C T O F G O D W H E R E B Y H E I N H L S S O V E R ! E G N GOCC P L E A S U R E A N D ON A C C O U N T

N O F O R E S E E N M E R I T I N T H E M C H O S E S A C E R T A I N N U M B E R OF M E N T O B E T H E R E C I P I E N T S C F S P E C : - R A C E

W I O F E T E R N A L S A L V A T I O N . 1 ' M O W , I F I M A Y S I M P ' . V R E S T A T E T H A T . M R . B E R K H O F S T A T E S T H A T T H E

D O C T R I N E OF E L E C T I O N A S T A U G H T BY C A L V I N I S T H A T G O D UY A N A R B I T R A R Y A C T HAS P R E D E S T I N E D C E R -

' IN I N D I V I D U A L S T O S A L U A I I O N , A N O T H A T T H E Y W I L L B E S A V E D BY T H E G R A C E OF G O D . N O W . A C C O R D I ! !

T E I C A L V I N I S M T H I S I S R E A L L Y J U S T W E - H A L F T H E D O C T R I N E A N D Y O U C A N N O T U N D E R S T A N D T H E C A L V I : ¡ S -

T I C D O C T R I N E OF E L E C T I O N U N L E S S YCU P L A C E BY I T 3 S I D E ' H E OTHER H A L F OF T I IE C O I N . T H E OTHER S!.

O F T H E C O I N I S T H E C A L V I N I S T I C D O C T R I N E OF R E P R O B A T I O N . T H E D O C T R I N E OF E L E C T I O N , . AC C OR D ING T O

T H E C « . L \ ' . ' I : : S T , S A V S T H A T G C D H A S P R E D E T E R M I N E D TWJ.Y а с T . V A I N N U M B E R O F M E N W I L L B E S A V E D ,

T H E D O C T R I N E O F R E P R O B A T I O N I S , A S D E F I N E D B V T H E M , T K A T ETERNAL, D E C R E E OF G O D W H E R E B Y H E

H A S : �"•' î R M I N E O T O P A S S S O M E M E N D V W I T H T H E O P E R A T I O O F H I S S P E C I A L G R A C E A N D T O P U N I S H T H E

F O R T H E I R 3 I N S T O T H E M A N I F E S T A T I O N 0 ? H I S J U S T I C E . * ' T'OVV L I T T M E P A R A P H R A S E T H A T , M L

DEFINES THE DOCTRINE OF REPROBATION AS BEING THE ETER4AL DECREE OF G Ò D ( T ' IS TO SAY THA' . .N3 I S A DECREE WHICH '•'•-' FROM OR BEFORE THE VERY :- "Gl NNI N ' .3 MACE ІТ EVE:; IM ETERNITY)

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WHEREIN GOD DETERMINED TO PASS CERTAIN MEM BV .'.;�:3 7 3 PUNISH THEM FOR THEIR SINS IN ORDER THAT

THE JUSTICE OF GOO MIGHT ЕЕ MADE M A N I F E S T , ÍN OTHER WORDS. THERE !S NOT ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THAT THESE MEN COULD DO IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING PUNISHED FOR THEIR SINS BECAUSE GOD HAS FROM ETERNITY РЛЕС;£ ГНЕМ '"О ETERNAL DAMNATION.

N O W . HOW DOES THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION WORK? DOES MAN HAVE ANY CHOICE ¡N THE DOCTRi. OF ELECTION TO GRACE OR REPROBATION TO ETERNAL DAMNATIO.. . M R . BERKHOF SAYS CONCERNING THE OPE-RATION OF ELECTION. " I T IS IRRESISTA B L E . T H I S DOES HOT MEAN THAT MAN CANNOT OPPOSE ¡TS EXECU-TION T O A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT HIS OPPOSITION W I L L NOT P R E V A I L . NEITHER DOES IT ' C O IN THE EXECUTION OF H l S DECREE OVERPOWERS THE HUMAN W I L L IN A MANNER WHICH

IS INCONSISTENT WITH MAN'S FREE AGENCY. І Т DOES MEAN HOWEVER, THAT GOD CAN AND DOES EXC..

SUCH AN INFLUENCE ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT AS TO MAKE ¡T WILL ING A " NOW WHAT M R . BERKHOF IS LOOK-I N G A T H E R E I S T H E A G E - O L D D E L I M M A W H I C H C O N F R O N T S A L L C A L V I N I S T S W H I C H S T A T E S T H A T I F T H I S

O P E R A T I O N O F G R A C E 1 3 I R R E S T I B L E , T H E M I T O F N E C E S S I T Y O V E R R I D E S T H E M O R A L A G E N C Y O F M A N . I F

I T I S I R H E S I S T A B L E . M A N D O E S N ' T H A V E A M Y C H O J C E . î F I T I S I R R E S I S T A B L E . M A N I S M A D E T O B E S A V E D ,

M R . B E R K H O F R E A L I Z E S T H A T T H I S I S I N C O N S I S T E N T W I T H W H A T S C R I P T U R E R E V E A L S C O N C E R N I N G T

NATURE OF MAN AND H I S FREE MORAL AGENCY. H E SEEKS TO AVOID THE DEL IMM A BY SAYING THAT MAN C A N O P P O S E I T , E U T M E C A N O P P O S E I T O N L Y T O A C E R I . ] I D E G R E E A N D H I S O P P O S I T I O N C A N N O T P R E V A I L

H E SAYS MAN IS MOT MADE TO EECOME A CHRISTIAN I N A WAY THAT OVERRIDES H I S FREE W I L L , BUT GOD

WORKS ON HIS SPIRIT IN ORCER TO MAKE HIS SPIRIT W I L L I N G , NOW IT APPEARS TO ME THAT M R , B E R K H C I S T I L L HAS NOT AVOIDED THE D E L I M M A . ÈF GOD OPERATES ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WILL ING, THEN IT APPEARS TO ME THAT WHETHER A MAN IS WILL ING OR NOT IS S T I L L DETERMINED BY AN ACT OF G O D WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RESIST BEING W I L L I N G . A N D SO THE DOCTRINE OF

CALV IN ISM S IMPLY STATED I S THAT GOD HAS PREDETERMINED THAT CERTAIN MEN W I L L BE SAVED AND CER-T A I N MEN W I L L BE REPROBATE ETERNALLY FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THAT MAN DOES MOT HAVE ANY CHOICE I N THE MATTER.

N O W WHAT I S WRONG W I T H T H I S D O C T R I N E ? 1 . і т M A K E S G O D P A R T I A L . і т M A K E S G O D C H O S E T H I S

MAN OVER THAT K A N AND T H I S I S INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT GOD HAG REVEALED CONCERNING H I M S E L F .

T H E APOSTLE PETER I N A C T S \O:?.A S A I D . " O F A TRUTH • PERCEIVE THAT GOC I S NO RESPECTER OF PER-

SONS: B U T IN EVERY NATION HE THAT FEARETH HIM, AND WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, I S ACCEPTED WITH

H I M . • S U R E L Y W H E N S C R I P T U R E S A Y S T H R O U G H T H E I N S P I R E D P E T E R ( П P E T E R з : э ) T H A T I T I S T H E

V/ILL OF GOD THAT A L L MEN SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE, IT I L L BEHOVES A N Y MAN TO SAY THAT T: :S

I S NOT T H E W I L L OF GOD AMD THAT GOD DOES NOT W I L L THAT A L L MEN SHOULD BE SAVED, BUT THAT GOD

WILLS SOME MEN SHOULD BE ETER.�iALLY REPROafVTE F R O M H I S P R E S E N C E .

2 . T H I S D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O N M A K E S G O D A R B I T R A R Y F O R I T R E V E A L S A G O D W H O I S W I E L D I N G U N -

L I M I T E D POWER IN A TYRANICAL AND DESPOTJCAL WAY. І Т REVEALS A GOD WHO WITHOUT AMY REASON AT

A L L LOOKS DOWN AND MAKES SOME ARBITRARY CHOICES AND PLACES CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ON ONE S I D E AND

CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OM ANOTHER. A G A I N . T H I S I S CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS REVEALED

CONCERNING H I S NATURE.

3 . T H I S D O C T R I N E O F E L E C T I O N I S U N J U S T T O T H E U N S A V E D F O R T H E U N S A V E D , A C C O R D I N G T O T H E D O C -

T R I N E OF REPROBATION, DO HCT HAVE ANY CHANCE AT A L L . ÜT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW THEY L IV E . І Т MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW THEV CRY. ¡T MAKES MO DIFFERENCE HOW THEY PLEAD WITH GOD, НОГ.' THE

V TO G D D . IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE THAT THEY MAY, ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING OF SOME OF THES.�:

INDIVIDUALS, COME TO THE MOURNERS BENCH AND SEEM FCR WEEKS AMD FOR MONTHS TO PRAY THROUG... IF

GOD HAS PREDETERMINED THEM TO ETERNAL DAMNATION, THEY DO NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE SAVED.. . ІС

CERTAINLY GOD ¡S TO 3E PRAI3ED FOR SAVING THE Z.LECT . W E ' L L T A L K AEOUT THE ELECT AND HOW THEY BECOME '.'. - 'J.LECT WHEN WE T A L K AEOUT B I B L I C A L DOCTRINE, 3UT GOD S3 HOT TO BE CHARGED WITH . CONDEMNATION OF THE LOST FOR GOD DESIRES THE SALVATION Oi- A L L PEOPLE " F O R GoD SC LOVED . WORLD (THAT MEANS HUMANITY) , THAT HE GAVE H.S ONLY 3EGÖTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER DELIEVETl

HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING L ! F E . ; ' LOOK AT ROMANS 0 , 5 2 . '1-lE THAT SPARED NOT '_, ¡>v.

N S O N , BUT DELIVERED H IM UP FOR US ALL HOW SHALL HE MOT WrTHAALSO FREELY GiVE U S A ' . L O O K A T H P E T E R 3 ; S . " T H E L O R D I S NOT S U ICERNING His A s SOME ;.: :.

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COUNT SLACKNESS; BUT ¡5 LONGSUFFERING TC US-WARD. NOT WILLING THAT ANY F.HOULO PERISH . BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE . " GOD OFFERS PARDON, GCD OFFERS SPIRITUAL PEACE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL. H E OFFERS IT UPON THE BASIS OF THE ATONING WORK CF H l S SOM AND NOTHING IN ALL OF THIS WORLD PREVENTS A MAN FROM RECEIVING THE BENEFITS OF THAT ATONING WORK EXCEPT HIS UNWILLINGNESS TO RECEIVE THAT WHICH GOD HAS OFFERED UNTO H I M .

4 . Т Н : 3 DOCTRINE DESTROYS HUMAN FREEDOM, SURELY THROUGH THE MEANS OF THE GOSPEL, THE

AGENCY OF GOD'S PEOPLE, GOQ LEADS, GOD PERSUADES, GOD ENTREATS. AND GOD EXHORTS. BUT NEVE.:

ANYWHERE IN THE B I B L E DO WE HAVE AN INTIMATION OF A MINT THAT GOO EITHER SAVES T H E M WHEN THEV

ARE UNWILLING TO BE SAVED OR MAKES THEM W I L L I N G TO BE SAVED IN S P I T E OF THEIR SINS

5. T H I S DOCTRINE DISCOURAGES SAVING T H E LOST WHY SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT GOING INTO

A L L O F T H E W O R L O A N D P R E A C H I N G T H E G O S P E L O F J E S U S C H R I S T W H E N G O D H A S A L R E A D Y F I X E D F O R

ETERNITY T H E DESTINATION OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO SHALL HAVE EVER L I V E D ON T H E FACE OF T H E

EARTH. GOD HAS ALREADY TAKEN T H I S INDIVIDUAL AND г�T.EDESTINED H I M TO ETERNAL L I F E A N D GCD

HAS TAKEN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL A N D PREDESTINED H I M TO ETERNAL DAMNATION AND THERE I S NCT A N Y -

THING I N T H I S WORLD THAT CAN CHANGE THOSE DECREES « н THEN SHOULD 1 BE WORRIED ABOUT FREACI.

IN3 T H E GOSPEL? I F GOD HAS PREDESTINED A MAM TO BE SAVED, THAT MAM CAN A N D THAT MAN W I L L BE

SAVED I N SPITE OF MY EFFORTS OR I N SPITE OF T H E LACK OF M Y EFFORTS TO CARRY H I M T H E GOSPEL OF

JESUS C H R I S T .

6. T H E DOCTRINE TENDS TOWARD I M M O R A L I T Y . WHEN A MAN HAS BEEN PREDESTINED TO ETERNAL

L I F E AND WHEN. HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED TO ETERNAL L I F E , THERE I S NOT ANYTHING HE CAN DO.

THERE I S NOT ANYTHING THAT T H E D E V I L CAN DO. THERE I S NOT ANY WAY I I I T H I S WORLD THAT HE CAN

M I S S GETTING THERE WHY SHOULD HE BE CONCERNED AEOUT L I V I N G ACCORDING TO T H E INSTRUCTIONS OF

T H E N . T . I F HE HAS BEEN PREDESTINED TO ETERNAL L I F E THEN A L L OF T H E SINS THAT HE MIGHT C O M M I .

I N SPITE OF A LACK OF REPENTANCE, WOULD NOT KEEP H I M OUT OF HEAVEN.

7 . T H I S DOCTRINE TENDS TOWARD P R I D E , FOR I. YOU S E E . HAVE BECOME OME OF T H E E L E C T , I A M

ONE OF T H E PREDESTINED, AMD A L L OF THESE UNSAVED OUT HERE GOD DIDN'T PREFER T H E M . GOD DION''

E L E C T T H E M , . T H E R E F O R E , ( H A V E P P . ì D E C E C A U S E G O D H A S C H O S E N M E A B O V E A L L O T H E R S .

A L L OF THESE THINGS ARE WRONG, UNSCRIPTURAL, ABCUT T H E C A L V I N I S T I C DOCTRINE OF ELECTION, BUT NOV.'. HAVING MADE THESE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE BLELICAL DOCTRINE OF ELECTION I S NOT. WE HAVE YET THE MOST IMPORTANT HALF OF THE LESSOM AND THAT HALF DEALS WITH THE QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE B I B L I C A L DOCTRINE OF ELECTION?" F I R S T , L E T M E SET FORTH SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS. L E T M E LAY SOME FOUNDATION UPCM WHICH WE LATER vifANT TO B U I L D . L E T M E SUGGEST IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT GOD TAKES THE IN IT IATIVE IN SALVATION. CNE MAM HAS SAID THAT THE DOC-TRINE TERMED ELECTION, IS NONE OTHER THAN GOD'S IN IT IAT IVE IN SALVATION OR GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY IN RELATION TO MAN'S REDEMPTION. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S T R U E . WE OPEN UP OUR E l B L E S TO G E N E -SIS 1 ; 1 AND THERE WE READ IN RELATION TO THE CREATION, " ÍN THE BEGINNING GOD . " I BELIEVE THAT THAT STATEMENT. " IN THE BEGINNING GOD, я APPLIES NCT ONLY TO THE SEG.r�INi NS OF GOD'S PHYSICAL

CREATION. BUT I BELIEVE I T A P P L I E S ALSO TC THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK OF REDEEMING MAM, " 'tí IN IT IATIVE K=.D TO BE IN GOD. MAM DOES NOT REVEAL HIMSELF TO G O D . GOD REVEALS H I M S E L F TO MAN. A 3 WE LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES. AS WE LOOF. AT THE REVELATIONS THAT, GOD HAS ''.ADE OF H I M S E L F UNTO U 3 , THE TENOR OF THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND BREADTH CF E l E L I C AL TRUTH 15 THAT GOD INITIATES SALVATION. Tl\E ZENITH OF ALL OF GOD'S VifORK IS SALVATION. HE SENT CHRIST IM OF.OER TO MAKE SALVATION ОГ; REDEMPTION POSSIBLE. LUKE 1 9 , 1 0 JESUS SAIO. 'Ч A M COME TC SEEK AND

TC SAVE THAT WHICH WAS L O S T . ' 1 H E '.VAS SAYING THAT H.E;:E ¡3 THE EXERCISING OF THE IN IT IAT IVE ON GOD'S PART TO PROVIDE A MEAItS, TO PROVIDE A WAV, WHEREBY THE GUL? THAT HAD BEEN CREATED BETWEE.. YOD AND MAH THROUGH МЛН S ЗН'З Ml Г.Y' SE BRIDGED, MOT BV AN ACT OF MAN U-íT BY AV ACT OF GOD. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ГН NS, ." 7D A VERV IM T MATTER FOR CONSII ERATION

GOD INITIATES SALVATION.

2 . W E H E E D T O R E M E : . : з е п T H A T G O D ACTS WITH A P U R P O S E I N ELECTION. C O D A C T S W I T H A P U R -

P O S E THAT IS ETERNAL, GOD'S SCHEME OF REDEMPTION C.D NOT COME (NTC H l S MIND ON THE DAV OF

CRUCIFIXION. T H E DAY OF TH!�: CRUCIFIXION '.VAS THE .7; ..MI MATION OP THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION

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THAT НАС ВЕЕМ IN THE M I N D OF GOD FROM ETERNITY. EVERYTHING THAT GCD DID FROM THE FALL OF

MAN TO THE COMING OF JESUS C H R I S T INTO THE WORLD WAS DONE W I T H A SPECIFI C PURPOSE IN M l

AND THAT PURPOSE WAS THE REDEMPTION OF MAM If.' CONFORMITY W I T H GOD'S ETERNAL PLAN L I S T E N

т о И T I M O T H Y î : 9 � ю , " W H O H A T H S A V E D U S . A N D C A L L E D U S W I T H A N H O L Y C A L L I N G , N O T A C C O R D I N G

T O O U R WORKS« B U T A C C O R D I N G T O H I S O W N P U R P O S E A N D G R A C E , W H I C H W A S G I V E N u s I N C H R I S T J E S U S

BEFORE THE V/ORLD BEGAN? BUT IS NOW MADE MANIFEST 3Y THE APPEARING OF OUR S A V I O U F JESUS СНП\

W H O H A T H A B O L I S H E D D E A T H . A N C H A T H B R O U G H T L I F E A M D I M M O R T A L I T Y T O L I G H T T H R O U G H T H E G O S P E L .

THERE :S NOTHING ARBITRARY, THERE I S NOTHING UHGFACIOUS. THERE I S NOTHING UNLOVING I N GOD�S

DEALINGS W I T H M A N , FOR SUCH WOULO CONTROVERT HIS RIGHTEOUS NATURE. SUCH WOULD SAY THAT

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS S A I D CONCERNING H I M S E L F I S NOT T R U E . A L L OF T H E GOOD THAT COMES

INTO T H E L I V E S OF M E N , T H E GREATEST OF WHICH I S M A N ' S ETERNAL REDEMPTION , COME S A S A R E -

SULT CF THE GRACIOUS PURPOSE OF GOD THROUGH T H E A G E S .

3 , WE MEED TO BE AWARE OF T H E DANGER OF A ONE�SIDED VIEW OF GOD . W H E N WE LOOK AT GOD

AND EMPHASIZE H I S W I L L . H I S I N F I N I T E POWER, HLS OMNISCIENCE, AND T H I N K NOTHING OF HLS L O V E ,

His MERCY. His GRACE, AMD H I S RIGHTEOUSNESS, THERE I S A DANGER OF DERIVING A CONCEPT OF GOD

AS BEING A GOD THAT IS AN ARBITRARY DESPOT RATHER THAN A FORGIVING FATHER WHO DESIRES THE

BEST FOR H i s C R E A T U R E S . I N OTHER WORDS, I T I S THE ERROR O F CONCEIVING O F T H E S O V E R E I G N T Y O F

G O D A S A F U N C T I O N O F H I S G O O D P L E A S U R E R A T H E R T H A N I N T E R M S O F A N E T E R N A L P U R P O S E D E S I R I N G

THE GOOD OF A L L . A N D H O W M A N Y T I M E S H A V E Y O U H E A R D Y H A T ? H O W M A N Y T I M E S H A V E W E L O O K E D

INTO SCRIPTURE AMD WE FAVE SEEN AM ACT OF GOD, AND THE ONLY THING V.'E SAID ABOUT I T , THE ONLY

THING WE FELT WE CCULD LAY ABOUT I T . V/AS THAT IT WAS JUST AN ARBITRARY ACT OF THE GOOD PLEA �

SUF.E OF GOD. W H E N S U C H V / A S N O T T H E C A S E AT A L L . 1 A M NOT SAYING THAT G O D DOES NOT HAVE THE

RIGHT TO EXERCISE H i s GOOD PLEASURE. BUT WHAT i A M SAYING I S THAT GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE JS NOT

EXERCISED ARBITRARILY. EVERY DEED THAT GOD HAS DONE IT HAS BEEN H I S GOOD PLEASURE TO WORK

FOR THE ETERNAL PURPOSE THAT H E WAS WORKING FOR MAM IH JESUS C H R I S T .

4 . W E MEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE ATONEMENT IS NOT L I M I T E D . BUT GENERAL. WHEN

IT I S HELD THAT GOD FOREORDAINED SOME MEM TO ETERNAL DAMNATION W H I L E HE FOREORDAINED OTHER

MEM TO ETERNAL L I F E IT IS A NECESSARY CONCLUSION THAT JESUS C H R I S T CAME TC DIE FOR SOME M E N ,

BUT H E DID NOT COME TO D I E FOR OTHERS. T H I S IS NOT AN OVERSTATEMENT OF THE DOCTRINE, L.STEN

л а м п т о M R . B E R K H O F . . ' C H R I S T D I E D F O R T H E P U R P O S E O F A C T U A L L Y A N D C E R T A I N L Y S A V I N G T H E E L E C

AND T H E ELECT ONLY. T H I S 1 3 EQUIVALENT TO SAYING THAT HE DIED FOR T H E PURPOSE CF SAVING ONLY

т н о з е T O W H O M H E A C T U A L L Y A P P L I E S T H E B E N E F I T S O F H I S R E D E M P T I V E W O R K . " M R , B E R K H O F S A Y S

THAT JESUS DIDN�T DI E FOR A L L M E M . H E ONLY DIED FOR T H E E L E C T . NOV/ SOME HAVE MOT BEEN A B L E

TO ACCEPT T H I S KIND OF 5 T R A I G H T - F R 0 . ' J Í - T H E - B O T 7 L E CALVIN IST IC DOCTRINE AND THEY HAVE SOUGHT T O M O D I F Y T H E D C C T R I H E . A S D I D A , H , S T R O N G I N H I S W O R K O N S Y S T E M A T I C т н ^ п р у , H E M A K E S

I T COME OUT T H I S WAY. " T H E SCRIPTURES REPRESENT T H E ATONEMENT AS HAVING BEEN MADE FOR A L L

MEN AMD A S SUFFICIENT FOR T H E SALVATION OF A L L . NOT T H E ATONEMENT THEREFORE I S L M I I T E D . BUT

T H E A P P L I C A T I O N O F T H E A T O N E M E N T T H R O U G H T H E W O R K O F T H E H O L Y S P I R I T . * і м O T H E R W O R D S . M E

í S S A V I N G J E S U S D I E D F O R A L L . M E N , B U T T H E P R O B L E M , M R . S T R O N G S A Y S , : S T H A T T H E H O L Y S P I R I T

M U S T M O T H A V E K N O W N T K A T , B E C A U S E H E J U S T G O E S T O W O R K O N л F E W M E N . T H E Y A R E T H E E L E C T

A N D T H E R E S T O F T H E M A R E L E F T O U T . N O W O F T H E S E TV.'O P O S I T I O N S , ! D E L I E V E T H E L A T T E R , 7 7

M O D I F I C A T I O N , I S T H E W O R S T D O C T R I N E . A C C O R D I N G T O T H E F I R S T . H E R E ' S A M A M V / H O I S L O S T A N D

Y O U C A N G O T O H I M A N D S A Y . " I ' M S O R R Y T H E R E I S N O T H I N G T O R Y O U . " B U T A C C O R D I N G T O T H E S E C O N D

M A N Y O U G O T O H I M A M D S A Y . " T H E R E I S S O M E T H I N G F O R V O U E U T V O U C A N ' T 1 A V E I T . N { T I S L I K E G O -

I N G T C A S T A R V I N G M A N W H O C R A Y / L S I N O F F T H E D E S E R T , H U N G R Y A N D T H I R S T Y A N D D Y I N G A M D A M A N

G O E S A M D S A Y S , " T H E R E I S A B I G B A N Q U E T I N S I D E . B U T T H E R E I S N O T H I N G г з п Y O U . I ' M S O R R Y . " B U T

T H E S E C O N D P O S I T O N G O E S T O T H I S H U N G R Y . T H I R S T Y , D Y I N G M A N A M D S A Y S , ' Y : L 7 . R S I S A G R E A T B I G

FEAST I N HERE AND I T I S FOR YOU. * YOU GET H I S HOPES A L L BUILT UP AMD THEN SAY. " B U T YOU с .1

H A V E I T , S O T H E M O D I F I C A T I O N I S R E A L L Y W O R S E т к а н T H E D O C T R I N E W H I C H I T A T T E M P T S T O M O D . . " "

BOTH O F T H E M A R E W R O N G B E C A U S E T H E A T O N E M E N T ; J M O T L H . M T E D . N E I T I E M I S T H E A P P L I C A T I O N O F

THE ATO! Г L I M I T E D SO TKAT SOME CANNOT HAVE IT P L I E D T O T H E M , L I S T E N T O I I P E T E R 2 Ц .

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(THESE .ARE PASSAGES WHICH SHOW THAT THE DEATH OF CHRIST IS FOR ALL, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE CON-

SIDERED AS LOST .) 'Бит THERE WERE FALSE PROPHETS ALSO AMONG THE PEOPLE, EVEN A3 THERE SHALL

DZ FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU, WHO PRIVILY SHALL DENY THE L O R D THAT POUGHT T H E M . AND BRING I

THEMSELVES SWIFT D E S T R U C T I O N . " HERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO DEMY THE M A S T E R . BUT PETER SAID T H E ,

DENY THE MASTER THAT BOUGHT Х1ШІІ. H E DIED FOR T H E M . T H E ATONEMENT WAS MOT L I M . T E D , . JOHN

2 : 2 , ' A N D H E I S T H E P R O P I T I A T I O N F O R O U R S I N S : AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE SIMS OF

THE WHOLE WOKLQ. n

l T I M O T H Y 2 . 6 . ' 'WHO GAVE H I M S E L F A, RANSOM FQR AJLJU«" T l T U S 2 ; 11 . "FOR TH .

GRACE OF GOD TKAT BRINGETH SALVATION MATH APPEARED TO A L L MEM.. " T H E ATONEMENT IS GENERAL. IT

IS MOT L I M I T E D .

MOW V/E HAVE SAID THAT EVERY ACT TRAT GOD HAS DOME КЛЗ BEEN DONE IN RELATIONSHIP TO H l S PUR-

POSE FOR M A N K I N D . NOW WHAT IS GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MANKIND? GOD' S PURPC3E FOR MANKIND IS D I S -

CERNED IN EOTH THE O . T , AND N . T . F R O M THE BEGINNING OF T I M E I T STRIKES US THAT THE PURPOSE OF

G O D I S M O T L I M I T E D , CUT WORLDWIDE IM I T S S C O P E C E F î T A I N L Y TH IS I S TRUE AS W E READ SCRIPTURE THAT T H E C H O I C E O F G O D S O M E T I M E S NARROWS ITSELF DOWN THROUGH M A M . W E M U S T A L W A Y S L O O K A T

T H E S E C H O I C E S N O T A S E N D S I N T H E M S E L V E S . S U T A S M E A N S T O T H E L A R G E R E N D O F A C C O M P L I S H I N G G O D '

E T E R N A L P U R P O S E . L E T ' S L O O K A T S O M E O F T H E M í N T H E O . T . A S S O O N A S M A N I S C A S T O U T O F T H E

G A R D E N , G O D G I V E S H I M H O P E I N G E M E S I S 3 . 1 5 , T H E M T H E R E I S A C H O S I N G O F S E T H O V E R A G A I N S T T H E

L I M E O F C A í N F O R I T I S S A I D . ' ' T H E N B E G A N M E N T O C A L L O N T H E N A M E O F J E H O V A H . 1 1 G E N - S I S 4 : 2 0 ,

T H E N E X T E L E C T I O N I S T H A T OF N O A H AND H I S F A M I L Y а з T H E C H A N N E L T H R O U G H W H I C H G e o s B L E S S I N G S

ARE GOING TO COME TO THE WORLD. GENESIS 6 : B . PROM NOAH'S F A M I L Y ОМЕ I S CHOSEN. S H E M . AMD

FRCM THE S H E M I T E S ONE IS CHOSEN. ABRAHA M IS SELECTED AND GOD'S REMARK TO A B R A H A M OISCLOSES

H i s P R O P O S E D W I L L T O W A R D M A N K I N D . L I S T E N T O I T F R O M G E N E S I S 1 2 5 2 3 . " A N D ! W I L L M A K E O F T H E .

A GREAT N A T I O N , AMD f W I L L BLESS T H E E , AMD MAKE THY NAME GREAT: AND THOU SHALT BE A BLESSING:

A N D ! W I L L BLESS T H E M THAT BLESS T K E E , AMD CURSE H I M THAT CURSETH T H E E ; AND JN THEE SMALI,. A L '

F A M I L I E S CF THE EARTH ¡__ B L E S S E D , " YOU SEE GOD'S PURPOSE IN CHOSING S E T H AND IN CHOSING NOAH AMD IN CHOSING SHEM AND IN CHOSING ABRAHAM WAS NOT ONE THAT V/AS L I M I T E D IN SCOPE BUT V/AS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF BRINGING A BLESSING TO A L L MANKIND. FROM A B R A H A M ' S SONS ISAAC V/AS CHOSEN AND FROM ISAAC'S SONS, JACOB WAS CHOSEN AND JACOB BECAME I S R A E L . AND NATIONAL ISRAEL BECAME GOD'S ELECT, THE ONES THROUGH WHOM ."¡S WAS TO BESTOW H l S FAVOR UPON THE WORLD IN THE COMING OF JESUS C H R I S T . L I S T E N TO THESE O . T r PASSAGES. E Z E K I E L 2 0 ! 5 . " T H U S SAITH THE LORD GOD, ,N THE CAY WHEN i CHOSE I S R A E L . AND L IFTED UP MIME HAND UNTO THE SEED OF THE HOUSE OF JACC P S A L M 1 0 S : O , ' O YE SEED OF ABRAHAM HIS SERVANT, YE CHILDREN OF JACOB. HJS gHQSEN " GOD СНОГ

ISRAEL. YET THE UNIVERSAL SWEEP OF ISRAEL'S CALL CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED. FOR SF WE OVERLOOK THE

UNIVERSAL SWEEP OF ¡ISRAEL'S C A L L , WE MISS THE VERY PURPOSE FOR WHICH GOD CALLED THEM . ÍN ISA IAH 4 Э : в ISA WH S A I D , " I V/ILL A L S O GIVE THEE FOR A L I G H T I Q THE G E N T I L E S . THAT THOU MAYEST BE ¡_ SALVATION _____ TÜE END. flg THJÌ EARTH " G O D , WHY DID YOU CHOSE t SRA EL? WHY DID YOU WANT THEM TO BE EXCLUSIVE? GOD CHOSE ISRAEL TO BE FV.r.x »«ті.п�, |N ORDER THAT THEV MIGHT ACCOMPLISH GOD'S

A L L INCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF SENDIMG REDEMPTION AND SALVATION TO T H E ENTIRE W O R L D ,

BUT MOT ONLY IS GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MANKIND DISCERNED IN T H E O . T , , G O D ' S PURPOSE F O R MANKIN

IS DISCERNED Ml THE N . T . І Т IS DISCERNED IM THE INCARNATION AND IN T H E ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIS

I N L U K E ¿ t 2 9 - 3 2 S I M E O N I S S P E A K I N G . H E S A I D , " L O R D , N O W L E T T E S T T H O U T H Y S E R V A N T D E P A R T I N

PEACE, ACCORDING TO THY WORD, FOR MIME EYES l-IAVE SEEN THY SALVAT ION , WHICH THOU 'AST PREPAI BEFORE THE I ACE OF A L L PEOPLE: A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE G E N T I L E S , AMD THE GLORY OF THY PEOPLE I S R A E L . " ë l M E O N HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THE COM.YiG CF M E S S I A H AND HE WAS NOT TO DIE UNTIL MESSI CAME, AND HE SAID HERE, "J HAVE SEEN M E S S I A H ¡¡-.CARNATE. ï HAVE SEEM H I M WHO WAS COME TO B E A LIGHT TO I HE G E N T I L E S . ™ W E HAVE ALREADY SEEM THAT EVERY STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE PURPOSE OF THE ATONEMENT -AS IT RELATES TO MANKIND SHOWS THAT THE ATONEMENT IS UNIVERSAL AMD NOT L I M t -

'E PINO ALSO THAT MI THE N . T . GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MANKIND IS SEEN IN THE HISTORY AMD THE TEACHING OF THE EARLY CHURCH, INDEED THIS :S ONE OF THE GREAT STRUGGLES THAT WE BEE BEING -"-RIED ON IN THE EARLY CHURCH IN THE BOOK OF A C T S . ON THE ONE HAND THERE WERE THOSE WHO -'•' ID T l . .

ft. '.. .: JEWS AND WAS T O BE L I M I T E D TO THE JEV. 7 . CM THE OTHER HAI 5 THERE WERE T I

WHO S A I D T H A T T H E R E V/AS NO L I M I T A T I O N T O T H E G O S P E L A N D T H E G O S P E L V/AS T C GO T O 7 ' E R Y

I S L E W A B H O T R E A L L Y S O L V E D U N T I L A M I R A C L E C A M E T O P^R:R:: í N T H E T E N T H • р т е

A C T S A N D U N T I L T H E Y H A D A N I N S P I R E D M E S S A G E I N T H E F I F T E E N T H с й а р т і I W H I C H S A I D . L E T

S E N T I L E . R E T H R E N I N T O T H E C H U R C H O F G O D , " I N F A C T , W H E : W E T U R N T O T H E E F . � : E S I A :

F I N D T H A T T H E M Y S T E R Y V/HICH H A D U N T I L T H E T I M E O F T H E G O S P E L D I S P E N S A T I O N B E E N H I D D E N ,

HAD BEEN HIDDEN P A U L S A ID THROUGH A L L OF THE AGES AM:: MADE KNOW7 "".17..

� COSPEL WAS FOR THE G E N T I L E A S V/ELL AS FOR THE J E W . T H E G E N T I L E , ACCORDING TO PA

E P H E S I A N S з , I S F E L L O W H E I R , ;S A F E L L O W M E M B E R O F T H E BODY A N D I S F E L L O W ' PA .... я OF

P R O M I S E I M C H R I S T J E S U S T H R O U G H T H E G O S P E L , E P H E S I A N S з : ; �

B U T NOY/ W H I L E T H I S I S G O D ' 3 P U R P O S E FT I D , W H A T 1 3 G O O ' S P U R P O S E F O R T H E I N D I .

I T CAM R E A D I L Y B E S E E M . I B E L I E V E . T H A T G O D ' S D E A L I N G W I T H T H E ¡ N D I V I O U A L C A . ! B E S T B E UN

S T O O D , A N D I T C A N O N L Y B E U N D E R S T O O D , I N C O N T E X T W I T H G O D ' S L A R G E R P L A N F O I ! T H E W H O L E

W H E N W E B E G I N T O S E E G O D - S PURPOSE FOR T H E W H O L E W O R L D I N J E S U S C H R I S T I . W E .

OM T H E A C T S T K A T G O D T O O K H I ONOSN T C D R I N G T O F R U I T I O N H L S R E 7 :... . I N J I

с н г к з т , M A N Y O F T H E C H O I C E S W H I C H V E I M E O A T T H E T I M E T O е е A R B I T R A R Y . P R C / E T O в ï M O S

C I O L ' S A C T S R E L A T E D T O H L S R I G H T E O U S P U R P O S E F O R A L L M A N K I N D , Q O O F O R E S E E . " , A S F A R A S 1 I

D I V I D U A L I S C O N C E R N E D . T H E F A I T H O F T H E ¡ . Z L I ^ V E R , W H E N D D E S G O O 7 1 I T ? ' .5 GL

V/M7N DOES GOC T.',EC7? .CON'T BELIEVE THAT SOD GAN CHOS i .'.r.'rr.r. ;.!.'.••:, .-or: I F GOD CH -3F.S / . Y .. .

MAM THAT WOULD MAKE MAN SUPERIOH TO G C D , I DON''; BEL i EVE THAT GOC 7.11 CHOOSEA № WI1

MAN, FOR IF GOD CHOOSES ALONG wiru MAN, THAT WOULD MAKE GOD DEPENDANT UPON MAI Go'. . CHOOSE MAN BEFORE MAN CHOOSES G OD FOR IT IS ONLY WHEN GOD CHCUS : . Y .','. С

GOD T M T THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOO CAM BE MAINTAINED.

T H I S I S T H E C L E A R T E A C H I N G O F E C P I P T U R E , E P H . ' A C C O R D I ¡G A S H : v . OSE

HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION Ol' THE V/CRLD." I l TIMOTHY 1 : S?. ".VYl-J HATH SAVED US. ANC CALI.

WITH AN HO.-Y CALLING, NOT ACCORDING TO CUR WORKS EUT ACCORDING TO MIS OWN PURPC : ANC

W H I C H W A S G I V E N u s I N C H R I S T J E S U S H E F O R E T H E W O R L D в е с а м . " N O W I F T H O S E P A S S

V S A Y T H A T W E H A V E B E E N C M O S E M I N G O O г � E F O R E W E H A V E C H O S E N G O D . B U T O W D��

TH.S M E A N T H A T , T H O U G H M A M í S C H O S E N O F Gor: BEFORS MAN CHOOSES G 0 7 , THAT THIS

B I T R A R Y , T H A T T H I S C H O I C E I S O F S U C H A N A T U R E A N D E X E R C I S E D I N S U C H A M A M M E N T I A T .'.. 'AN C.

R E S I S T I T ? I B E L I E V E H O T , I B E L I E V E T H E T E A C H I N G O F S C R I P T U R E T O BE L I K E W I S E C L E / , с U P O N

E V E R Y I N D I C A T I O N O F S C R I P T U R E I S T H A T E A C H P E R S O N E N T E R S I N T O L I F E . O R . C O N T I

P E R S O N E N T E R S I N T O C O N D E M N A T I O N A C C O R D I N G T O T H E R E S P O N S RLE M í C E S I T H E . ZPEL

J E S U S C H R I S T . T H E R E S P O N S E T H A T H E M A K E S T O T H E G C S P E L I S S T I L L D E P E N D E N T UPON : O D ,

C A U S E , A S W E H A V E S E E M . G O D H A D T O T A K E T H E I N I T I . T I V E I N P R O V I N I N 3 . V / A Y . 7 . .' A N

SAVED. W H A T W E A R E S A Y I N G I S T H A T G O D E L E C T S , в и т T H A T I N G O D ' S E L E C T I O N , H D O E I

H E D O E S л о т O V E R R U L E , H E D O E S N O T N E G A T E T N E F R E E D O M D F M A N , M A N ' S R I G H I O F с

' . V A S B E S T O W E D U P O N H I M A T C R E A T I O N , N O T A T T H E F A L L , H E H A D T H E г.: 7 C R E A Y L O A M D I

THE ! T A L L HAS TAKEN AV/AY FROM MAN THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THE FREE MORAL AGE

. т о H I M , G O D W I L L N O T , G O D D O E S M O T . E X E R C I S E H I M S E L F I N S U C H « A Y S A S r o A I i I L T H E

MORAL AGENCY OF MAN.

I/RITERS OF THE N . T , coNs:~Ti7 :YLY л :

SP NSIBILITY TO THE INVITATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS С и . ' П . З Т . INDEED т: 2 PRIMARY \ND CO:

.\PPE\L TO REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE WORD OF GOD P.�:ESUPP.' . •".: 'OM OF CH I :E ,

THE PART OF MAN. EVERY'APPEAL THAT T.:E SC � PTURE MAKES VD MAN ¡:PT- • . 7S TO

AS -. . : Т . ' . , AS A SPIRITUAL. AND AS A FERSCrAL 3EIMG. EvENY APPEAL THAT TH i 5CRI 7 'N.: •..

HE THAT SEEKS TO Р Е П З TO COERCE Hi M , GOû SEEK! Г О I JADE

•THROUGH THE ¡RRESI. 7 ... : " 7 7 ; OF HlS ETERI ' . . SPIRI! SUT H N SEEKS Г О Р Е

THROUGH THE DULY J NITED MEANS� �THROUGH TH" • Е А Т И OF JEU : : : . . . : : . ..'ГГ.. rir.'.

DEATH AMD STS BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE IN HiS ETN7> . WORD, THROl 7 . CHRISTI Y '

¡ THEY LIVE IN H I M AND AS INOiVIDUALS LOOKING AT C H R I S T I / I IS SEE LIS«

A L L OP THESE ARE MEANS BV WHICH GOI 7: . : .7 PERSUAI

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F R E E A.MOICE. C H R I S T I A N S . I N J O H N \G�.&�II W E F I N D T K A ' T I S M R I T CA..:E C O N V I C T OF

AND CF RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND OF JUDGMENT. THIS IS SIMPLY SAYtl ' GOD WHEN HE COMES :

T H E WORK OF T H E S P I R I T , A S H E EXERCISES H I S APPEAL THROUGH T H E WORD, SEEKS TO APPEA L T

WHOLE OF M A N — T O H I S EMOTIONS. TO H I S I N T E L L E C T , A N D TO H I S W I L L .

A L S O , L E T US NOT FORGET THAT G O D , I N H I S ELECTION, ELECTS ONLY TO SALVATION GOD D

E L E C T T O D A M N A T I O N . G O D D O E S NOT E L E C T A N Y M A M T O B E EL „ Y L D 3 T Q S . : L L W E ' V E

I T SEVERAL T I M E S . ( I I P E T E R 3 : э ) I S "THAT A L L MEM SHOULI TO REPENTANCE* " M E N MAY PE

MEN W I L L P E R I S H . BUT THEY W I L L NOT PERISH BECAUSE GO DESIRES I T OR HAS PREDETERMINED 17.

ROMANS 10:1 P A U L PRAYED THAT HIS FELLCV/ ISRAELITES M I G H T BE S A V E D . H E S/ I D , "BRETHREN

HEART'S DESIRE AMD PR'.YER TO GOO FOR ISRAEL SS, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED • W H Y . P A U L ? I F

GOD HAS ALREADY PREDESTINED SOME OF T H E M TO ETERNAL D A M A N T I O N , SHOULD I*OU 3 E CONCERN

T H E APOSTLE P E T E R I N II P E T E R I : ю WROTE TO CHRISTIAN S AND я I D 'MAKE YOU C A L L I N G A M C EL

TIOM S U R E . " W H Y BE WORRIED ABOUT I T I F I T I S ALREADY PREDETERMINED A N D CERTAIN BY T H E EVE..

DECREE OF GOD?

GOD ELECTS MEM TO SALVATION NOT TO DAMNATION A N O TONIGHT I F YOU A R E L O S T , I T I S HOT B;

GOD W I L L S I T . A N D I F TONIGHT YOU ARE L O S T , I T I S NOT BECAUSE GOD HAS ORDA ; ;г :о �, ..AT NOT.;

B E A B L E T O B E DOME FOR Y O U . IL� YOU A R E L O S T T O N I G H T . I T I S B E C A U S E YOU HA /I T H I S M O I

O F T I M E BY YOUR OWN C H O I C E T U R N E D YOUR H A C K U P O N J E I I U S A M D I L ' S W O R K U P O N T H E C R O S S . і т I S

C A U S E E V E R Y A P P E A L T H A T G O D I A S M A D E T O Y O U T H R O U G H T H E M A N I F E S T A T I O N O F H L S ' . ' O V E S E E .

ZENITH I N JESUS C H R I S T , THROUGH T K E ATONING BENEFITS OF T H E BLOOD ~�F J E S U S , THROUGH EV :

T H A T C A N е е M A D E T H R O U G H H L S W O R D T O V O U R S P I R I " , Y O U : S O U L . Y O U ? E M O T I O N S A N D Y O U R '

КЛ VE CHOSEN TO REJECT« THEY HAVE GONE FOR .NAUGHT. TONIGHT THAT «CAN ALL :GED ÍT CA

CHANGE BY AN ACT OF PURE V/ ILL, BY YOUR SAYING. r'INO LONGER AM i GOING TO REFUSE, No LONGER .7

GOING TO REJECT. N o LONGER AM 1 GOING TO SAY NO TO GOD. I AM 30IM1 TO SAY, YES GOD. ' I AM

GOING TO SAV, " 'YES, I KNOW YOU LOVE M E . " I AM GOING TO SAY. *YES, 5 KNOW JESUS DIED FC

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