Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. [Read more…]
Archives for December 2000
107. “I cannot tell . . . but this I know.”
I cannot tell why He, whom angels worship,
Should set His love upon the sons of men,
Or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wanderers,
To bring them back, they know not how or when.
But this I know, that He was born of Mary,
When Bethlehem’s manger was His only home,
And that He lived at Nazareth and laboured,
And so the Saviour, Saviour of the world, is come.
106. For whom did Christ die?
There can only be three possibilities for consideration, which are as follows –
1. Christ died only for the elect, whether they be thought of as “chosen” in the Calvinist sense, or “believing” in the Arminiansense.
2. Christ died potentially for all mankind, but is operative only for those who believe.
3. Christ died in fact for all mankind, and this will be worked out fully in future administrations of His plan of salvation.
Let’s see what the implications are for these three alternatives. [Read more…]