There is another and worse evil which springs from this basic failure to grasp the radical difference between the natures of the two worlds. It is the habit of languidly \u201cacceptg\u201d salvation as if it were a small matter and one wholly in our hands. Men are exhorted to think things over and \u201cdecide\u201d for Christ, and in some places one day each year is set aside as \u201cDecision Day,\u201d at which time people are expected to condescend to grant Christ the right to save them, a right which they have obviously refused Him up to that time. Christ is thus made to stand again before men\u2019s judgment seat; He is made to wait upon the pleasure of the individual, and after long and humble waiting is either turned away or patronizingly admitted. By a complete misunderstanding of the noble and true doctrine of the freedom of the human will salvation is made to depend perilously upon the will of man instead of upon the will of God.<\/p>\n
However deep the mystery, however many the paradoxes involved, it is still true that men become saints not at their own whim but by sovereign calling.<\/p>\n
John 6:35, 37, 44, 63\u201365; Romans 8:28\u201330; 1 Corinthians 1:1\u20132<\/p>\n
The Pursuit of Man<\/i>, 37\u201338.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is another and worse evil which springs from this basic failure to grasp the radical difference between the natures of the two worlds. It is the habit of languidly \u201cacceptg\u201d salvation as if it were a small matter and one wholly in our hands. Men are exhorted to think things over and \u201cdecide\u201d for … Continue reading “SALVATION:
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