Electa Or Eclecta
Electa Or Eclecta [1]
The fundamental objection made by Calvinists to the Arminian doctrine is that it "subverts grace!" How? Because "it is not an act of grace for the Most High to do justice!" Does this mean that God cannot be at once gracious and just? Grace, in this discussion, is not opposed to God's justice, but to man's desert. If, indeed, human merit alone had entered into the question, the race would have ended with Adam; and it was only in virtue of the covenant of grace that descendants were born to him. Under that covenant God is bound, not, indeed, by any desert of man (for that would preclude grace), but by his own faithfulness, to offer salvation in Christ to all who fell in Adam. This is the doctrine of Arminians; this, too, is the doctrine of Scripture. The Gospel system is called by St. Paul the " grace of God, given to us in Christ Jesus." And he tells us that "the grace of God, which bringeth salvation to all men ( Ἡ Σωτήριος Πᾶσιν Ἀνθρώποις ) hath appeared" ( Titus 2:11); that "the living God is the Savior of all men, especially those that believe" ( 1 Timothy 4:10); that he "will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" ( 1 Timothy 2:4). According to the Gospel scheme, "As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive." This Θέλημα Θ Copyright Statementthese Files Are Public Domain. Bibliography Informationmcclintock, John. Strong, James. Entry For 'Electa Or Eclecta'. Cyclopedia Of Biblical, Theological And Ecclesiastical Literature. Https://Www.Studylight.Org/Encyclopedias/Eng/Tce/E/Electa-Or-Eclecta.Html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
