Election and Holiness (C.H. Spurgeon) [3of5]

I posted this because there is so much misunderstanding on the doctrine of election as Calvinists believe it to be so. C.H. Spurgeon, a Calvinist preacher, gives one of the best explanations of the doctrine I've ever heard so I wanted to share it with all of you.




And now, my brother, we will have a song together, and we will see how we can get on there. Open your hymn book, and you sing in the language of your Wesleyan hymn-book,

"Oh, yes, I do love Jesus
Because he first loved me."

There, brother, that is Calvinism.

- C.H. Spurgeon



Audio here:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=33104151314

Text here:
http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0303.htm

More of Spurgeon:
http://www.spurgeon.org

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[FutureApostle]

I am not arminian or in anyway in calvinism but the way I understand election is like this: God elected some men "to hear the word" or to "hear the gospel" or to "hear about the God of israel" but he lets them through his sovereignty choose even if they were elected to hear the gospel from the foundation of the world. They are elected to "HEAR THE GOSPEL" but then they have the choice to "OBEY" the gospel and Jesus Christ by living in the Spirit.