How concerned are we for the lost? Do we agonize painfully in prayer for their salvation. Do we declare the love of Christ for sinners? Doctrinal exactness is no substitute for preaching Jesus & him crucified. Without the love of Christ manifest in our lives & preaching – precision in theology will leave sinners cold & dead. I am all for doctrinal exactness and we should be very concerned for that – but let our hearts be fired with love from our doctrine for the sinner who is perishing. The lost husband or wife or child or friend. Pray about this – seek Christ about it – since he sought you and found you.
The Great Privilege
Preaching is such a glorious privilege. The Word burns like a fire and must fall like a hammer – yet there must be tenderness towards sinners in wooing them to Christ – let us preach with tears and repentance burning in our hearts.
Essential Differences
Hyper-Calvinism is all house & no door; Arminianism is all door & no house; Calvinism is both all door & all house.