Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Doctrine of Unconditional Election

The work on this paper has begun! The first five pages have to deal with the doctrine itself and the back ten pages are to be on the practical application of this doctrine in life and in ministry.
The first five are no problemo! The back ten pages, well, are going to be bit more challenging.

FIRST, God chose to save me specifically (the first five pages).
the practical application is, hhmmm, let's see....

Because He first chose me it freed my fallen (bonded to sin) will to
THEN respond in choosing Him and accepting His salvation.

Because I chose to accept His salvation (and yes, you still must choose to accept God's salvation after His choosing you, but that's a whole other paper :) I
NOW live in such a way that reflects the relationship I have with God through Jesus because of the grace He has on my life shown in His saving me. (Practical application)

Now I just have to figure out how to expound on that just a little bit to hit the 15 page minimum. Thoughts, comment, rude gestures, and snide remarks are all welcome.... :)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree, and that is a terrific, condensed assessment. :)