09-26-2008, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Barnpreacher  Calvin on II Peter 3:9 Quote: |
So wonderful is his love towards mankind, that he would have them all to be saved, and is of his own self prepared to bestow salvation on the lost. But the order is to be noticed, that God is ready to receive all to repentance, so that none may perish; for in these words the way and manner of obtaining salvation is pointed out. Every one of us, therefore, who is desirous of salvation, must learn to enter in by this way. But it may be asked, If God wishes none to perish, why is it that so many do perish? To this my answer is, that no mention is here made of the hidden purpose of God, according to which the reprobate are doomed to their own ruin, but only of his will as made known to us in the gospel. For God there stretches forth his hand without a difference to all, but lays hold only of those, to lead them to himself, whom he has chosen before the foundation of the world.
| | I think this quote fits very well with what Edwards decribes as the narrow and wide angle lens. I believe that God desires that none should perish (narrow angle) but people perishing fufills His greater desire (wide angle); the maximum display of His glory. On that basis (His maximum glory) He elects some for salvation and elects the rest for destruction. I voted for number 2 and agree with it, but I do still believe God does not desire the death of the wicked in the narrow sense though He does in the wide.
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[B]Manley Beasley[/B]
Southern Baptist Convention
Fayetteville, Arkansas
[B]Wir sein pettler. Hoc est verum (We are beggars. This is true.).--Luther's dying words[/B]
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