The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation

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🗓️ 2 March 2013

⏱️ 83 minutes

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John Piper | Unconditional election is the reality that God chooses his own before the foundation of the world and apart from any foreseen virtue or faith in them.

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0:00.0	I was just looking at the questions online. Some of them are here, but I was just flipping through
0:10.1	Twitter back there. And here's one that gives me a chance to just make a principle clear that is so
0:15.2	so crucial. Peter says, to make your election sure.
0:20.9	So that's 2. Peter 110.
0:23.6	Make your calling an election sure.
0:26.6	So he's quoting that verse.
0:27.6	Peter says, make your election sure.
0:30.6	If it's irresistible,
0:33.6	excuse me, if it's irresistible grace,
0:36.6	why do I need to make my election sure?
0:41.2	Very good question.
0:43.9	And not a hard question to answer.
0:47.1	If you have categories in your mind like this, God always uses means to bring about the ends that he has.
1:00.4	And one of the ends that he has is that his elect ones will persevere to the end and
1:07.4	be saved forever.
1:09.3	Nobody will be lost.
1:14.4	We'll get to that later, but now the principle is this.
1:18.2	The means he uses are many.
1:22.5	Prayer, reading the scriptures and meditating,
1:25.2	or this effort here in 2nd Peter,
1:28.8	make your election sure.
1:36.6	That doesn't mean it is uncertain in God's mind if you're going to make it. It means he uses your focused effort to preserve you.
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