Election not the Ground of Our Faith
Romans 9:6-13
Not as though the word of God has taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:…


We are not to make election a ground for our faith, but our faith and calling a medium or argument to prove our election. Election, indeed, is first in the order of Divine acting — God chooseth before we believe — yet faith is first in our acting — we must believe before we can know we are elected; yea, by believing we know it. The husbandman knows it is spring by the sprouting of the grass, though he hath no astrology to know the position of the heavens: thou mayest know thou art elect, as surely by a work of grace in thee, as if thou hadst stood by God's elbow when He wrote thy name in the Book of Life.

(W. Gurnall.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

WEB: But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.




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