"At the end of the day my brothers, the issue that is at stake in divine election and in effectual redemption is not a matter of whether you argue about the five points of Calvinism. At the end of the day it's a matter of the harmony of the Trinity.
Have the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit a harmony in their purposes? Does God plan something, that the Son effects, that the Spirit fails to bring to fruition?
No Paul says, God's plan for the fullness of time is going to be effected because this is the God who works out all things (verse 11) according to the counsel of His will... in order that at the end of the day His predestining purpose that we should be adopted through Jesus Christ according to the purpose of His will (verse 5) might see us conformed to the likeness of His Son. And that's the thing that God has set His heart upon... conforming His elect to the likeness of His Son.
And mark Paul's words, He will let nothing stand in the way of fulfilling that purpose... and honoring His Son and honoring His Son's death. He will certainly not let my puny will stand in the way of His Son's eternal glory."
-Sinclair Ferguson
"It is possible to love money without having it, and it is possible to have it without loving it."
"Some Christians seem to be accepted in their own experience, at least, that is their apprehension. When their spirit is lively and their hopes bright, they think God accepts them, for they feel so high, so heavenly-minded, so drawn above the earth! But when their souls cleave to the dust, they are the victims of the fear that they are no longer accepted. If they could but see that all their high joys do not exalt them, and all their low despondencies do not really depress them in their Father’s sight, but that they stand accepted in One who never alters, in One who is always the beloved of God, always perfect, always without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, how much happier they would be, and how much more they would honour the Saviour! Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art accepted in the beloved."
Tim Challies on meeting Warren-
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"The idea of a 'closed' country to the gospel is unintelligible to the Apostle Paul.There are no closed doors unless you require an exit."
"When God 'begins a good work in us,' He will never rest until every idol comes down and all filthiness is cleansed from our lives! He is determined to 'be our God,' and He will share us with no other!"
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