John Leland on grace and effort : Baptist Bible Hour

John Leland on grace and effort

Posted by: Lasserre on October 2, 2008

From The Writings of the Late Elder John Leland:

Some preachers fix their eyes so steadfastly upon the unchangeable nature of God, his immutable decrees, his personal and unconditional election of some unto eternal life, that they leave themselves but little liberty to preach,

‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’ –’Repent, and believe the gospel’–’Repent, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out’–’Labor not for the meat that perisheth, but for that which endureth unto eternal life’–’While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be children of the light,’ etc.Others place their minds on the rebellion of man, the necessity of repentance, and the willingness of Christ to save sinners, so strongly, that they overlook such passages as these:

‘As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed’– ‘The election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded’–’No man can come unto me, except the Father draw him’–’Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them unto babes’-'Then shall ye seek me and shall not find me’–’Not according to our own righteousness, but according to his own mercy he saved us, ‘etc.

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