Alan Gross
Well-Known Member
Election means that the Destiny of men is in The Hands of God.
from: https://www.grace-ebooks.com/library/C. D. Cole/CDC_Bible Doctrine of Election The.pdf
Many of us have regarded as an axiom the statement that,
"every man's destiny is in his own hands."
But this is to deny the whole tenor of Scripture.
At no time is the destiny of the saint in his own hands,
either before or after he is saved.
Was my destiny in my own hands before I was saved?
If so, I regenerated myself; I resurrected, by my own power,
myself out of a state of sin and death;
I am my own benefactor and have nobody to thank but myself
for being alive and saved.
Perish such a thought!
By the grace of God I am what I am.
(John 1:13; Eph 2:1-10; II Tim. 1:9; James 1:18)
Is my destiny in my own hands now?
Then I will either keep myself saved or I will lose my salvation.
The Bible says we are kept by the power of God through Faith.
(I Peter 1:15; Ps. 37:28; John 10:27-29; Phil. 1:6; Heb. 13:5)
If my destiny is not safe in my own hands after I am saved
then how could it be thought to be safe in my own hands before my conversion?
The saint dies, his body is consigned to the grave, and becomes a dust heap.
Is his destiny in his own hands then?
If so, what hope has he of ever coming out of the grave
with an immortal and incorruptible body?
None at all if his destiny is in his own hands.
Such a theory, that the destiny of the saint is or ever has been in his own hands,
reverses the very laws of nature and implies
that water can rise above the level of its source;
that man can lift himself into the attic by his boot-straps;
that the Ethiopian can change his color,
and the leopard can remove his spots;
that death can beget life;
that evolution is true and God is a liar.
The theory that "one's destiny is in his own hands",
begets self-confidence and self-righteousness;
the belief that destiny is in the hands of God
begets SELF-ABNEGATION AND FAITH IN GOD.
from: https://www.grace-ebooks.com/library/C. D. Cole/CDC_Bible Doctrine of Election The.pdf
Many of us have regarded as an axiom the statement that,
"every man's destiny is in his own hands."
But this is to deny the whole tenor of Scripture.
At no time is the destiny of the saint in his own hands,
either before or after he is saved.
Was my destiny in my own hands before I was saved?
If so, I regenerated myself; I resurrected, by my own power,
myself out of a state of sin and death;
I am my own benefactor and have nobody to thank but myself
for being alive and saved.
Perish such a thought!
By the grace of God I am what I am.
(John 1:13; Eph 2:1-10; II Tim. 1:9; James 1:18)
Is my destiny in my own hands now?
Then I will either keep myself saved or I will lose my salvation.
The Bible says we are kept by the power of God through Faith.
(I Peter 1:15; Ps. 37:28; John 10:27-29; Phil. 1:6; Heb. 13:5)
If my destiny is not safe in my own hands after I am saved
then how could it be thought to be safe in my own hands before my conversion?
The saint dies, his body is consigned to the grave, and becomes a dust heap.
Is his destiny in his own hands then?
If so, what hope has he of ever coming out of the grave
with an immortal and incorruptible body?
None at all if his destiny is in his own hands.
Such a theory, that the destiny of the saint is or ever has been in his own hands,
reverses the very laws of nature and implies
that water can rise above the level of its source;
that man can lift himself into the attic by his boot-straps;
that the Ethiopian can change his color,
and the leopard can remove his spots;
that death can beget life;
that evolution is true and God is a liar.
The theory that "one's destiny is in his own hands",
begets self-confidence and self-righteousness;
the belief that destiny is in the hands of God
begets SELF-ABNEGATION AND FAITH IN GOD.
