So it’s been a slow week…
I’ve got a few loyal (I can see your IP’s, I know you’re out there) readers, so because of the quiet news week I’ll share a little bit from what I’ve been reading.
“Are there problems raised by this Biblical doctrine of the absolute sovereignty of God in providence and grace? Of course there are. Evertything that God reveals of Himself transcends man’s comprehension; every doctrine, therefore, must of necessity terminate in mystery and man must humbly acquiesce in havingit so.”
-J.I. Packer and O. R. Johnston in their Historical and Theological Introduction to Luther’s Bondage of the Will
So many Christians are misled into thinking that they can get their head around God, but as Jonathan Edwards was so fascinated with, His characteristics are all infinite. God isn’t just big, He’s incomprehensible; God doesn’t just exist in Time, He defines it; God doesn’t just have some control over this world, He is the sovereign God; The capacity of His propitiation is not just enough for a finite number of sinners, but for a but for all who repent, an infinite capacity. So adelphoi, think on the infiteness of God and rejoice in it.