If I was asked, “Why is a man damned?” I should answer as an Arminian answers, “He destroys himself.”I should not dare to lay man’s ruin at the door of divine sovereignty. On the other hand, if I were asked, “Why is a man saved?” I could only give the Calvinistic answer, “He is saved through the sovereign grace of God, and not at all of himself.” I should not dream of ascribing the man’s salvation in any measure to himself.
It occurred to me last night while I was listening to Spurgeon’s ” All of Grace” that the doctrine of predestination is an explanation not of the saved, but of the damned. Its an explanation of judgement. If God’s Grace is completely free and faith is a gift from God, then how we “get”…
Awkward photo of the day. If I would have released an album in the ’90s this would have been the cover. The picture was taken in Minsk, Belarus, in the summer 1998 I’m in the middle, my cousin Jeremy is on the right and my cousin Justin is on the left.
What are you afraid of, that you dare not venture your soul upon Christ? Are you afraid that he cannot save you, that he is not strong enough to conquer the enemies of your soul? But how can you desire one stronger than “the almighty God”? as Christ is called, Isa. 9:6. Is there need of greater than infinite strength? Are you afraid that he will not be willing to stoop so low as to take any gracious notice of you? But then, look on him, as he stood in the ring of soldiers, exposing his blessed face to be buffeted and spit upon by them! Behold him bound with his back uncovered to those that smote him! And behold him hanging on the cross! Do you think that he that had condescension enough to stoop to these things, and that for his crucifiers, will be unwilling to accept of you, if you come to him?
