Until the past few years, I had no idea that God had an elect or chosen people to save. As I started to study the Bible more closely, these concepts came into focus.(Ephesians 1) By God’s grace he chooses someone to be born again spiritually that they might reach out to him and be saved. Before this, we are spiritually dead and have absolutely no leanings toward God. The study of election is very interesting and it explains a lot about the nature of man and God. If you do a biblical study on election, you will see for yourself how rich the scriptures are concerning this topic. The more I study about this subject, the more humble it makes me. I don’t deserve to be saved, but praise be to God for his mercy and grace. Please share your thoughts on this important topic of election.
Posted by: Travis B | August 21, 2008
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Posted in election | Tags: bible, biblical, born again, chosen, christianity, doctrines of grace, elect, election, Jesus, predestination
Travis,
It appears we’ve had similar spiritual journeys. When I first came to Christ, I ralied at the idea of election and God choosing people for salvation.
I then read a book by John MacArthur called “The Love of God.” That book challenged my way of thinking. I began examining the Scriptures and started finding explicit and implicit mentions of the doctrine of election. For example, Acts 13:48 which reads, “and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.” Luke just mentions that as an afterthought, but what an afterthought!
I like how you concluded your post! You are absolutely correct! You don’t deserved to be saved and neither do I; it’s all by the grace of God “lest any man boast.”
Great read!!!
Carl
By: carlgobelman on August 21, 2008
at 7:01 pm
Great reference scripture. Do you ever listen to John Piper?
By: Travis B on August 21, 2008
at 10:15 pm
I’ve listened to Piper a few times on pod cast, but he’s not on the radio in Chicago that I know of. I have read his Desiring God book, which I thought was excellent!
By: carlgobelman on August 22, 2008
at 11:44 pm