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  THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD) CHAPTER FOUR - THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN SALVATION
  by A.W. Pink
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"O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out" (Rom.
11:33). "Salvation is of the LORD" (Jonah 2:9); but the Lord does not
save all. Why not? He does save some; then if He saves some, why not
others? Is it because they are too sinful and depraved? No; for the
Apostle wrote, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of
whom I am chief" (1 Tim. 1:15). Therefore, if God saved the "chief" of
sinners, none are excluded because of their depravity. Why then does not
God save all? Is it because some are too stony-hearted to be won? No;
because it is written, that God will "take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh" (Ezek. 11:19). Then is it
because some are so stubborn, so intractable, so defiant that God is
unable to woo them to Himself? Before we answer this question let us ask
another; let us appeal to the experience of the Christian reader.

Friend, was there not a time when you walked in the counsel of the
ungodly, stood in the way of sinners, sat in the seat of the scorners,
and with them said, "We will not have this Man to reign over us" (Luke
19:14)? Was there not a time when you "would not come to Christ that you
might have life" (John 5:40)? Yea, was there not a time when you mingled
your voice with those who said unto God, "Depart from us; for we desire
not the knowledge of Thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should
serve Him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?" (Job
21:14, 15)? With shamed face you have to acknowledge there was. But how
is it that all is now changed? What was it that brought you from haughty
self-sufficiency to a humble suppliant; from one that was at enmity with
God to one that is at peace with Him; from lawlessness to subjection;
from hate to love? And as one \

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