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God has engaged himself, having chosen a people for himself, and secured them from all that any can do against them. Election is as eternal as God is, without variableness or shadow of change, and thus is called 'an eternal purpose', and it must stand. It is absolute and unconditional. No works were foreseen in us that were the cause of God's choosing us; and no sin in us shall frustrate or make election void. By the act of election, we are wrapped and covered in Christ; he has chosen us in him; not in ourselves, not in our virtues, no, not for or because of anything but his own will.
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Works, 1: 163-164
Rutherford once confessed that in times of heaviness when he was tempted to look within, at his own heart, it caused him to wonder not only if he had ever truly embraced Christ, but if they had ever even shaken hands. I know how he felt.
ReplyDeleteBut Christ is the one who has embraced us, and what is more, He had it all planned long before.
I am thankful that Christ has embraced me and hangs on to me.
ReplyDeleteToday I would be wondering the same thing as Rutherford if it wasn't all Christ in God. Thank you Lord.