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AJC said:
Wow! You guys gave me a lot of attention on this matter - I feel like you really care

Thanks for your appreciation of how seriously we Reformed take the doctrine of election.

To push the matter a bit further, in an earlier post you said:

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Simply put Christ first and foremost and pray for the strength to do so.

This is exactly the fussiness of Arminian heresy that the Reformed deplore. For what does "put Christ first" mean if we do not give the Scriptural reason why He came with the Gospel to this earth in the first place? The Scriptural answer is; To find and redeem God's elected children from sin and damnation, as this world has already been judged to be depraved, dead and deserving of Hell.

The bottom line is that the doctrine of election is a "hurdle" only to those who refuse to believe in God's absolute sovereignty and righteously just mercy.

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]