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Originally Posted by Mayflower  A person told me, that "mean" reason why God has revealed us the doctrine of election, is because it is for the comfort for true believers.
Iam agree with that, but can someone give me more good reasons why God has given us the doctrine of election ?
Two reasons i was thinking of was :
- Comfort for the believers
- Take away the pride of sinfull men
So more ? | I'm not always comfortable with questions that inquire as to why God has been pleased to do this or that. I think that two of your reasons mentioned above are certainly true. Paul tells us specifically in 1 Corinthians 1 (and this may be another way of "Taking away the pride of sinful men") that... Quote: |
God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God -- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption -- 31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD." 1 Corinthians 1:27-31
| So, this passage from 1 Corinthians supports, at least, the second of your two reasons referenced above. The Greek word translated "put to shame," kataischuno, also means "to humiliate or disgrace or disappoint."
DTK
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