Quote Source – Doug Wilson

A Biblical Christian worldview perspective – Below is a quote from a popular reformed pastor and blogger on the subject of salvation and faith.

“The seed of the gospel is broadcast. It falls on good soil and hard, it falls on the asphalt parking lot and on the well-tilled ground. The thing that makes it germinate is faith. Faith is the catalyst, the only catalyst for anything of spiritual value. When the declaration of forgiveness is made, we find out who it was meant for by seeing who believes it. We don’t test the declaration, sending it off to an objective lab somewhere in order to find out whether or not it is worthy of our belief so that we may then believe it. The gospel always brings its own credentials to those who are elect, to those who have genuine faith. Because of this, there is, therefore, always a perfect correspondence between those people for whom the statement is true, and those who believe it to be true.”

It Just Doesn’t Matter

This, of course, is a statement in support of predestination; that it is only “the elect” based on God’s will “who have genuine faith” and consequently will receive salvation.

God is unquestionably omniscient (all-knowing) and each of us can choose to interpret that perfect wisdom as foreknowledge (knowing who will be saved) or predestination (determining who will be saved) depending on our individual theology.

What is of critical importance is that mankind is NOT omniscient. We do not know who will receive saving faith and who will not.

Therefore, God’s calling on the lives of Christians is to pray fervently and share the Good News to a lost and dying world without partiality, leaving the kindling of “genuine faith” in the Lord’s capable hands.

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 – I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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