- Total
Depravity - Predestination
and Election - Limited
Atonement - Irresistable
Grace - Preservation &
Perseverance
The Truth of God's sovereign grace goes to the heart of the gospel and of salvation. It goes to the heart of God Himself. That man is saved by grace means that salvation is of the Lord, of his free mercy. But God is almighty and grace is an attribute of God, the almighty. That the grace of God is almighty or sovereign means that God is GOD, also in salvation. It means that God saves and He alone. God's power and grace are one in Him.
Deny this truth in any form and you have no longer the Christain gospel. You are losing the truth of God. Instead you have the doctrine of salvation by the works of man and a god after your own image.
The following pages give a brief exposition of this truth of Sovereign grace under the theme "God's Sovereignty In Salvation. " Articles addressing the same truth of God's sovereign grace have also been added on this page.
The additional subsections explore various aspects of this subject in yet more detail following the line of the five points of Calvnism.
The apostle Paul exhorts us, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." (I Cor. 1:31). This is the fundamental duty of every man. We are to glory in God, not in ourselves. Man is prone by nature to boast of his power and ability, and of his works and will; but he must not. For we have nothing of which to boast. Of ourselves, we are nothing and even less than nothing (Isa. 40:17). All that we are is given to us of God. "He (God) giveth to all life, and breath, and all things... In him we live, and move, and have our being..." (Acts 17:25, 28). If we are to glory, we must glory in God's greatness and power, in God's works and ways. We are admonished, "Sing unto him (God), sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works." (Ps. 105:2).
It is our calling to glory especially in God's wondrous work of salvation. With the Psalmist we must sing, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies..." (Ps. 103: 2-4). For we contribute absolutely nothing to salvation. It is all the wondrous work of God. He is the Sovereign Savior. Before the foundation of the world He planned salvation. He actually obtained salvation by sending His Son to die on the cross. By His grace He alone applies salvation to the heart and life of His people. Thus, from beginning to end "salvation is of the Lord" (Jonah 2:9). All the glory is God's.
It is our prayer that the Lord God will be pleased to use this pamphlet as a testimony of His sovereign grace, for the advancement of the cause of His Truth, and to the glory of His great name. "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth." (Ps. 57:5).
Rev. Steven R. Houck
God's Sovereignty In Salvation
By Rev. Steven Houck
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