“Man’s heart does not want to respond to God’s call with faith. If God did not work faith in man’s heart, man would not respond with faith… Man is totally dependent dependent on the Lord for salvation. To the Lord alone be praise for the miracle of man’s positive response of faith!” – Clarence Bouwman
By Pastor Glem Melo
“Even the simple-minded are able to understand the message of the gospel… One cannot appeal to a text such as 1 Corinthians 2:14 where Paul says that the natural man cannot know the things of the Spirit (the truth of the gospel), for Paul clearly teaches that the difficulty lies not with Scripture but with the mind and heart of man.” – Arthur van Delden
Tonight at our Canons of Dort class, we will focus on the following articles of the “Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine: The Corruption of Man, his Conversion to God and the Manner in Which it Occurs”:
Article 9: Why Some Who Are Called Do Not Come
Article 10: Why Others Who Are Called Do Come
Article 11: How God Brings About Conversion
Our hope and prayer is that, as we study God’s word together, we will grow in the grace and knowledge of the…
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