Election

“it. And therefore, it is very important for us to understand that elections have consequences. Elections shape the culture. Elections impact families and communities and cities and economies and nations and we can't be negligent about the importance and the significance of an election and so let me just remind you that parties do not decide for the nation”

“all through church history. Men like William Carey, Andrew Fuller, John G. Patton, David Brainerd, some of the greatest missionaries of all time held deeply this understanding of election and of God election is key to the mission an election is a call to be a missionary how can I say that well number one I believe that election it provides assurance not only the assurance of your salvation”

“of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness. The faith of God's elect. The elect is referring to those who have been saved by God's grace, those who have been born again. Those who have heard and understood and believed in the gospel. It's talking about the church. It's talking about believers like you and me. If you have repented of your sin and put your faith and your trust in Christ. This is written for the sake of their faith. It's so that their faith would be strengthened. All of scripture is so that those who have repented of their sin and believed in Christ would be strengthened in their faith. They would”

“the political election from hell. I mean, the absolute most divisive election in our history of our nation and nothing has been quite like it. In the months that have gone behind us not so long ago, we were having endless debates about Trump and Biden and about a stolen election and a global pandemic and voting fraud and QAnon and Fox News versus CNN versus MSNBC and the insurrection at”

“to make sense in our English language. So we put these two words, selfish ambition, to it. But in the Greek, it's this one word, eratheia. And what it actually means in its context is to electioneering for office. Think about that. I cannot think of one more better illustration of a self-seeking motive than the commercials that I see for people trying to get elected into office right now. Anybody sick of commercials for those being elected into office? We will be glad when November comes and goes and is behind us. But the reality is when you see these ads, it is all about what I”

“And so, I share this with you to say that for God to disavow or disown the promise that he made to Abraham, the promise that he made to Jacob, to Israel, it would undermine the hope and the security of the salvation that we have. Because if God's election, election that the Bible teaches unto salvation, is not unconditional, unilateral, and irrevocable, and all those are are just biblical hyperbole and allegory, we have no hope and assurance of any eternal”

“the promise that he made to Jacob, to Israel, it would undermine the hope and the security of the salvation that we have. Because if God's election, election that the Bible teaches unto salvation, is not unconditional, unilateral, and irrevocable, and all those are are just biblical hyperbole and allegory, we have no hope and assurance of an eternal salvation.”

“But just in the last few days, I read an article by Virgil about what's unfolding and what we've seen happening in the conversation and controversy surrounding the election of a new mayor in New York City. And in this post, this is what he said, when socialism wins, why the church cannot be silent? He went on to say, New York City just elected a socialist as its next mayor.”