Sermons on Romans
Decrees of God: Predestination
We end with a reading from Ephesians this morning, Ephesians chapter 1. As we continue to study the doctrine of predestination or the doctrine or the decrees of God, we’ll be focused on the doctrine of predestination. Ephesians chapter 1, I’ll begin at verse 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation…
Westminster Confession of Faith: Ct 3: Of God’s Eternal Decree
Romans 9. I am speaking the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen, according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and…