God
choosing not to act, is no choice at all. The effect of choice points to
the cause of choice. The choice is cause by the motive or the desire.
If there is no effect then the desire does not exist. For God to choose
to allow me to be in between two equal desires is the same as to say that
God desires that i have no desire. Which is to say that God does not
act at all in salvation.
To give me the ability to have a desire to
be saved that comes apart from Gods desire that i be saved is to say
that God has no purpose in my desire to be saved. If i choose for myself
to be saved then my my prior choice would determine my future choice.
But what causes my first choice?
Here is where we are today as a
result of thinking that we have some kind of ability apart from Gods
purpose. There is no one righteous, no not one, there is no one who
seeks God. There is no one who has that ability. There is no one who has
that strength. There is no one how has that possibility. It is
impossible for us to be the cause of salvation or to work out our
salvation in our own purpose. Those who have not come to this truth are
not going to call on God night and day. If there are more people who
think that they are able then there will be more people who do not call
on God. When we pray, we acknowledge that our salvation does not belong
to us. We acknowledge that it was Gods power to save that we received a
gift so that instead of being flattered we are always rejoicing in His
wonders, in His miracle.
If we understand that God is able and we
are not, then our desire for His glory will be totally dependent on His
work on our behalf. There will be no work done by us by our own ability.
All the work will be done as a result of Gods power in our lives. We
will begin to see that unless God does a work we will only be left
powerless and defenseless. Because we depend on God to be our defense.
There is no proposition that can be proposed apart Gods absolute
declared word in every work in our lives.It is not in your selling
books, its not in your displayed life in witnessing, its not in your
going to church, its not in your mega ministry, its not in your
distribution of books, its not in your prayers, its not in you ability
to understand theology, its not in your ability to have a cushion in
your later years, its not in the strength of government, its not in
suffering, its not in your hatred, its not in your philanthropy, its not
in your buildings, its not in your houses, its not in relationships,
its not in your ministries, its being reduced to see that its not our
salvation, its Gods. We are unable.
Friday, December 4, 2020
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