God did not choose His people based on who we are or what we can do, on any potential we have or that He saw in us. Rather, He chose us when we had met no prior condition or obligation. To illustrate this incomparable truth, the Bible uses the story of twins Jacob and Esau: When Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Rom. 9:10–13) We elect presidents based on what we hear and see. We choose spouses based on the impression they make upon us. But God’s choice of His beloved was not based on any goodness in them. He made His choice without respect of person. As one Puritan writer put it, “Moreover, as God respects no persons, so He respects no condition upon which He gives salvation to us.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:57:34 +0000
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