"The Lord Of Hosts Hath Purposed, And
Who Shall Disannul It?"
Isaiah 14:27
The Lord our God has made a full and
complete provision in his eternal purpose of grace for the salvation of his
elect (II Tim. 1:9). And he has bound himself to the accomplishment of his
purposed grace with an oath (Heb.
THE BASIS OF THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY AND
ASSURANCE IS THE PURPOSE OF GOD.If ever one of God's elect should perish it
must be either by their departure from him,or through their being snatched out
of his hand, or by God himself casting them off. But none of these things can
ever come to pass.God's purpose of grace will not allow it. From eternity God
declared that none of his chosen would ever be permitted to depart from him,
once he had called them (Jer. 32:40). He has promised that none can pluck us
out of his hand (John
WHAT ABOUT THE UNGODLY, THE WICKED, THE
REPROBATE, WHO FOREVER SUFFER THE WRATH OF GOD IN HELL? Did God irreversibly
predestinate some men and women to hell? Absolutely not! I assert boldly and
emphatically that God chose a people from eternity whom he would save, and that
his elective purpose can never be altered.With equal boldness and dogmatism, I
assert that no one was predestinated, or foreordained, to eternal damnation in
hell, except as that eternal damnation is the just and righteous consequence of
unbelief (I Pet. 2:7-9). The vessels of wrath are "fitted for destruction"
by their own sin and unbelief (Rom.
Don Fortner