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The Appalling Consequences
Acceptance of this theory, however, leads to a corollary which is even more
unbiblical as well as appalling to the innate sense of compassion which God
has placed within even unregenerate man: that God could save all mankind but
deliberately withholds from multitudes the salvation He gives to the elect.
Obviously, what God does for the elect He could do for all if He so desired
. That He doesn't would prove that the One who is love lacks love for all ma
nkind - which is contrary to all Scripture: "But the wisdom that is from abo
ve is ... easy to be entreated, full of mercy ... without partiality . . . "
(James 3:17).
If lost sinners suffer from such an inability that they can be saved only by
God's sovereign act of regeneration (and all men are not saved), it follows
that God limits His mercy and grace to a select few. As one of the most fer
vent Calvinists, Arthur W. Pink, writes to the elect, "Then do you not see t
hat it is due to no lack of power in God ... that other rebels are not saved
too? If God was able to subdue your will and win your heart, and that witho
ut interfering with your moral responsibility, then is He not able to do the
same for others [i.e., the non-elect]? Assuredly He is." 24 But He doesn't.
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: by Dave Hunt
: The Appalling Consequences
: Acceptance of this theory, however, leads to a corollary which is even more
: unbiblical as well as appalling to the innate sense of compassion which God
: has placed within even unregenerate man: that God could save all mankind but
: deliberately withholds from multitudes the salvation He gives to the elect.
: Obviously, what God does for the elect He could do for all if He so desired
: . That He doesn't would prove that the One who is love lacks love for all ma
: nkind - which is contrary to all Scripture: "But the wisdom that is from abo
: ve is ... easy to be entreated, full of mercy ... without partiality . . . "
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