EXPOSING GOD TO BE GOD. Speaking of the doctrine of election, the apostle Paul tells us in Romans chapter 9, verse 11 about two twin boys that had not yet been born. Having not yet been born, neither of the boys had done any good or evil. This is to show us, teach us and reveal to us that salvation is not all by a work that we do. God determined one of these two boys to be saved before they had any opportunity in and of themselves to do anything good or evil. Neither child had done anything good to recommend himself, and neither child had committed any evil to hinder God\u2019s choosing of them. One was simply saved by the purpose of God according to election? So, what is the purpose of God according to election? We know this much, it is \u201cNot of works, but of Him (of God) that calleth.\u201d It is God\u2019s purpose to have mercy on whom He will have mercy, and compassion on whom He will have compassion, proving that it has nothing to do with what the chosen sinner does. (Romans 9:15) The original word used for \u201cpurpose\u201d in this verse actually means \u201cto set forth, or to expose.\u201d The purpose of God according to election stands true and it \u201cset\u2019s forth and exposes\u201d God to be God. We could just as correctly read what Paul said this way. \u201cThat the setting forth and exposing of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him that calleth.\u201d The truth about election (God\u2019s choosing of a people) is that it exposes God to be the Sovereign One who saves. Election reveals God to be the One who makes one sinner to differ from another. (1 Corinthians 4:7) No, we are not saved by election! We are saved in, by, and through the Lord Jesus Christ. But election does set forth, expose and reveal the kind of God that saves. Election actually exposes the only God that saves, and that is a Sovereign One. D Edemsen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EXPOSING GOD TO BE GOD. Speaking of the doctrine of election, the apostle Paul tells us in Romans chapter 9, verse 11 about two twin boys that had not yet been born. Having not yet been born, neither of the boys had done any good or evil. This is to show us, teach us and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-david-eddmensen","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5610,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}