Thursday, July 27, 2006

Spurgeon and Scripture

Spurgeon Quote:

"Who is to have authority in the matter of gracious adoption? The children of wrath? Surely not; and yet all men are such! No, it stands to reason, to common sense, that none but the parent can have the discretion to adopt."

I think this rightly reflects John 1:12-13 that it is God who decides whom He will and will not save---not His enemies.

Rom 9:15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Rom 9:18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

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