No one who believes in the Bible disputes the fact that election is taught there. It isn’t the reality of election, or even its source, author, time, or goal that has elicited so much venom among professing Christians. It is rather the basis of divine election, that is to say, why and on what grounds some are elected to salvation and life and others are not. There are essentially only three options, the first of which is more pagan than Christian.
1. It has been argued that God elects those who are good. In this view, election is a debt God is obliged to pay, not a gift He graciously bestows. It is on the basis of inherent or self-generated righteousness that God elects men and women. This is the doctrine of Pelagianism, named after the British monk Pelagius who popularized the view in the fifth century. One would be hard-pressed to find an advocate of this perspective within the professing Christian church.
2. Others contend that God elects some who are bad who, notwithstanding their being bad, choose to exercise faith in Jesus Christ. It is on the basis of this foreseen faith that God elects them. This is the doctrine of Arminianism, named after the Dutch theologian James Arminius (1560-1609). It has also been called Wesleyanism because of the influence of John Wesley.
3. There is the view that God elects some who are bad who, because of their being bad, are not of themselves able to exercise faith in Christ. It is on the basis of His own sovereign good pleasure that God elects them. This is the doctrine of Calvinism, named after the French theologian John Calvin (1509-1564).
Workbasket Recipes: Today's issue is December, 1971 and features "Christmas
Goodies"
Melt semi-sweet chocolate morsels over hot (not boiling) water. Combine
salt and egg whites. Beat until foamy. Add sugar very gradually and
continue to beat until stiff peaks form. Add vinegar and vanilla and beat
well. Fold melted chocolate, cherries and nuts into meringue mixture. Drop
by well rounded measuring teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at
350 for 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Remove carefully to cooling rack.
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen. Posted to EAT-L Digest by Cecilia
<elric01@IMPERIUM.NET> on Sep 3, 1997
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