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Publication
Phillipsburg, NJ: Lewis J. Grotenhuis.
Physical description
20 p.; 23 cm
Notes
"In September 1951, the First Annual Institute of the Reformed Faith was held under the auspices of the Christ Bible Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. The addresses given at that time were subsequently published in a booklet. The one dealing with Particularism and Common Grace is herewith republished separately with permission."
"In the first lecture of this series Dr. Robert K. Rudolph set forth for us the Reformed doctrine of God. . . .
"In the second lecture Professor John W. Sanderson told us how Adam sinned for all mankind. He broke the covenant that God had made with him for them. . . .
"In the third lecture the Reverend Mr. George S. Christian addressed us on the covenant of grace. He spoke of the immeasurable love of God, of God Who so loved the world, the world of sinful, fallen mankind, that He sent His only Son into the world that whosoever should believe in Him might be saved. Again there was the note of commonness. First it was mankind as a unit that was given the common task of subduing the earth. Then mankind broke the covenant and God put all men under the curse, a common curse. After that it was Christ Who came to save the world. And it is said that whosoever believeth on Him may be saved.
PARTICULARISM
"Yet it was the sovereignty of God and the particularism of the Gospel that was stressed in all three lectures. The sovereign God has not seen fit to save all men. The Gospel is not universally offered to all men everywhere. Millions have never heard of it. And though it is true that whosoever believeth on Christ shall be saved it is also true that of themselves men cannot believe. They love darkness rather than light. They are dead in trespasses and sins. If they are to believe they must be made alive by the Spirit of God Who takes the things of Christ and gives them to His people. It is they for whom and for whom alone Christ died. It is they and only they who were from all eternity ordained unto eternal life.
This Gospel of particularism goes right back to the original plan of God. . . ."
"In the first lecture of this series Dr. Robert K. Rudolph set forth for us the Reformed doctrine of God. . . .
"In the second lecture Professor John W. Sanderson told us how Adam sinned for all mankind. He broke the covenant that God had made with him for them. . . .
"In the third lecture the Reverend Mr. George S. Christian addressed us on the covenant of grace. He spoke of the immeasurable love of God, of God Who so loved the world, the world of sinful, fallen mankind, that He sent His only Son into the world that whosoever should believe in Him might be saved. Again there was the note of commonness. First it was mankind as a unit that was given the common task of subduing the earth. Then mankind broke the covenant and God put all men under the curse, a common curse. After that it was Christ Who came to save the world. And it is said that whosoever believeth on Him may be saved.
PARTICULARISM
"Yet it was the sovereignty of God and the particularism of the Gospel that was stressed in all three lectures. The sovereign God has not seen fit to save all men. The Gospel is not universally offered to all men everywhere. Millions have never heard of it. And though it is true that whosoever believeth on Christ shall be saved it is also true that of themselves men cannot believe. They love darkness rather than light. They are dead in trespasses and sins. If they are to believe they must be made alive by the Spirit of God Who takes the things of Christ and gives them to His people. It is they for whom and for whom alone Christ died. It is they and only they who were from all eternity ordained unto eternal life.
This Gospel of particularism goes right back to the original plan of God. . . ."