While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. (John 17:12) Introduction If you did not hear last week’s sermon on election and preservation, I would encourage you to […]
Election
Kept by God in Christ: Election and Preservation
“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your […]
Given to Christ; John 6:36-37
36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. Introduction I am of the belief that John chapter 6 is one of the great chapters in the entire […]
He Died for Me: Limited Atonement & the Universal Gospel
How can the atonement be limited in its efficacy without restricting the content or the scope of the free offer of the gospel? In his book, He Died for Me, Jeffrey D. Johnson seeks to solve the dilemma on how the death of Christ can be sufficient for all without being applied to all. Johnson […]