"Election is no mere decree; it is not simply a choice of God. But the decree of election is the living will of the Lord God to save His people; and the whole of their salvation, including all the means and the way to final glory is included in the decree." Homer C. Hoeksema



[color:"0000FF"]PORTIONS OF THE "GREAT" SYNOD OF DORDT
FIRST HEAD OF DOCTRINE
Of Divine Predestination[/color]

[color:"0000FF"]Article 9[/color] . . . therefore election is the fountain of every saving good; from which proceed faith, holiness, and the other gifts of salvation, and finally eternal life itself, as its fruits and effects, according to that of the apostle: "He hath chosen us (not because we were) but that we should be holy, and without blame, before him in love,"
[color:"0000FF"]Article 7[/color] . . . God hath decreed to give to Christ, to be saved by him, and effectually to call and draw them to his communion by his Word and Spirit, to bestow upon them true faith, justification and sanctification; and having powerfully preserved them in the fellowship of his Son, finally, to glorify them for the demonstration of his mercy, . . .





Faith is the God-given bond of the union with Christ. The activity which proceeds from that bond is the act of believing, whereby one consciously clings to Christ, the only begotten Son of God, as the revelation of God's redemptive love. That faith, as a bond and as a power and as an activity, is not of ourselves: it is the gift of God, bestowed sovereignly upon all the elect members of that world that God saves in redemptive love
Homer C. Hoeksema "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD . . ."

[color:"0000FF"]Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Romans 3:28 A.V.
ΒΆ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans 5:1 A.V.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Galations 3:24 A.V.[/color]

William



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