The Sovereign Grace of God!



Man's entire apostasy and death in sin, so that he cannot save himself; and God's entire supremacy, so that He saves whom He will; are doctrines exceedingly distasteful to human pride. But they are Scriptural. Why was one thief saved and the other lost?

“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him” (MATTHEW 11:25-27).

“Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight.”God was not bound to save the one thief, and He had power enough to have saved the other thief, and neither thief could save himself. What made the difference? The Sovereign Grace of God!

“For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what has thou that thou didst not receive?” (I CORINTHIANS 4:7).


-Gospel report by preacher Horatius Bonar
 

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