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Distinction
AUTHOR: | Gold, Pleasant Daniel |
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THERE IS A DISTINCTION MADE in scripture between the
wicked actions of men, which God is not the author of, and
those deeds done in and by men good in themselves which God
works in them both to will and to do: or between actions bad in
themselves and those good in themselves. An action may be bad
in itself, yet overruled and purposed for good: while other actions
may in their very nature and in the motive and purpose of
the doer be good. The Lord does not work in wicked men to
commit sin, or does not tempt man to sin, though he purposes
that all they do shall be for good in the end. But whatever things
good in themselves men do are from the Lord, who works in
them to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Again there is a sense in which God foreknows his people
only, and does not foreknow any others. He knows the way of
the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. He will
say to the workers of iniquity, “I never knew you.” But he foreknew
all his people: “whom he did foreknow he did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son.” Here it is taught that
the Lord God did predestinate to salvation all that he foreknew,
or did predestinate them to be conformed to the image of his
Son. While God has predestinated that all things work together
for good to them that love God, there is a special, saving sense
in which he has foreordained good works unto which his people
are created in Christ Jesus, that they might walk in them. |
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