Good post Henry. Thank you. Divine election does not leave us without responsibly and certainly not without accountability. He can not hold us accountable for what we are not first responsible.<br><br>Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.<br><br>If there is going to be error in our understanding of these things, I think it safer to error on the side that gives us the greater sense of personal responsibility. That is where our greatest dependence is put on the Lord. And that is where he gets the greatest glory. He will certainly do His part. It is much more doubtful whether we will do ours. But ours is so important.<br><br>Reading this passage really touched me yesterday. <br><br>Jdg 16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. <br>Jdg 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. <br>Jdg 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. <br>Jdg 16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. <br><br>“he bowed himself with all his might and the house fell.” All Samson’s might was probably but a small fraction of the force that it took, but THAT is what God used.<br><br>“There is a lad here, with a few small fishes, but what is.” “Make the men sit down.”<br><br>Lord, I believe. Help thou mine unbelief. <br>
