Hopefully this isn’t too heavy for a Monday morning.

"God preordained a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation." - John Calvin

"The elect are whosoever will, and the non-elect, whosoever won't." - Henry Ward Beecher

It is God who moves upon the spirit of man that influences him in his decision. Do you really believe in free will? Do you really believe that God would leave anything to chance or in the charge of fallen, carnal man? What utter chaos would result if He did?

Man has free will to the extent that he is free to act as he sees fit. But it is God who moves upon the spirit of man and influences his state of being. It is God’s spirit acting upon our spirit that tunes us in to His will and wishes.

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” (Psalm 17:4-5)

Bill Hitchcock