Comments on: Chosen for Life: Chapter Six http://www.seektheholy.com/2008/07/19/chosen-for-life-chapter-six/ The web home of Chris Roberts Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.seektheholy.com/2008/07/19/chosen-for-life-chapter-six/comment-page-1/#comment-38 John Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:16:16 +0000 http://www.seektheholy.com/?p=51#comment-38 “By establishing the condition for election as faith, God is thereby obligated to elect all those who, by means of their now purportedly free wills, believe in the gospel of Christ.” A condition for election? And an obligation to elect? Salvation is described as grace from start to finish. The guilt, the repentance, the faith, the belief: all gifts. Your posts have been thorough and interesting. The things that appear to be conditions, I believe, are actually fruits. "You shall know a tree by its fruit" equals "You shall know the elect by the faith and belief." “By establishing the condition for election as faith, God is thereby obligated to elect all those who, by means of their now purportedly free wills, believe in the gospel of Christ.”

A condition for election? And an obligation to elect? Salvation is described as grace from start to finish. The guilt, the repentance, the faith, the belief: all gifts.

Your posts have been thorough and interesting.

The things that appear to be conditions, I believe, are actually fruits. “You shall know a tree by its fruit” equals “You shall know the elect by the faith and belief.”

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