Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Logic of Election

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The Logic of Election

Divine election is the foundation of sanctification, and not the other way around (1 Peter 1:1-2). Everything depends upon God taking the initiative. This, of course, is the reason why, when rightly understood, the doctrine of election never leads to moral carelessness, although that accusation has often been leveled against it. The logic of election is not: ‘I have been chosen for salvation, and so I can live any way I please’, but ‘I have been chosen for salvation, and therefore, I will live in a way that pleases God.

– Sinclair Ferguson 

 

Real Repentance

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Many mourn for their sins that do not truly repent of them; they weep bitterly at times for them, and yet continue to be in love and league with them.
– Matthew Henry

Some people do not like to hear much of repentance. But it is so necessary that, if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance.
– Matthew Henry

The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther

Repentance is more than just sorrow for the past; repentance is a change of mind and heart, a new life of denying self and serving the Savior as King in self’s place.
– J.I. Packer