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Pilgrim said:

One last note in regard to William's remark concerning God's beneficence:

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The Sun and Rain on the non elect are not blessings for they glorify him not as God, neither are they thankful and because of their hard and "impenitent heart" they treasure up "wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. . ."

I can't be sure where this came from but I highly suspect it is from someone in the Protestant Reformed Church. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/shrug.gif" alt="" /> But, wherever it's source, it is typical of hyper-Calvinism where any idea whatsoever of Common Grace is rejected. In my estimation and that of the vast majority of Calvinists, God's bestowal of goodness upon all men indiscriminately, e.g., rain, sunshine, talents, etc., is not done with the specific intent of damning them further, although such blessings rejected surely will be used against them at the Judgment. These things are sincere and are an indication of God's mercy upon ALL.

In His grace,


The "remark" is Williams plus Romans chapter 1. The quotation marks are where the scripture is used word for word. God's grace is not in things. Psalm 73 <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/igiveup.gif" alt="" />


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Last edited by William; Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:18 PM.