Receiving implies waiting for something to be offered to you and then taking it. Who moves first? Charles Spurgeon had it right: If we are saved, it is not because we have the first motions of desire towards Christ, but because eternal love casts its cords around us and draws us towards the Lord Jesus.
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Who moves first?
Posted in Theology on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BF&M…”Free Will” and “Foreknowledge”
Posted in Theology on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a republished posting from last year as we were looking for a church home… One side bar of concern to us as we search for a new church home… The 2000 Baptist Faith & Message makes this statement about the nature of God in paragraph II: God is all powerful and all knowing; [...]
What Does God’s Sovereignty Mean to Us?
Posted in Theology on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago, I began to look at the definition of God’s sovereignty. Here’s a republished posting that goes deeper into this subject. What does God’s sovereignty mean to us as believers, as Baptists? Why should we care about it anyway? For this discussion, I return to the writings of A.W. Pink (THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD). [...]
Be Still and Know That I Am God
Posted in Theology on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 In his ” The Sole Consideration, that God is God, Sufficient to Still All Objections to His Sovereignty,” Jonathan Edwards powerfully argues that because God is God, that is reason enough for our submission to His sovereignty in all things. Edwards writes that “…He [...]
