A Sanctuary for Biblical Logic

A Quote from David J. Engelsma Prosperous Wicked and Plagued Saints: An Exposition of Psalm 73 (brackets mine) The argument of Psalm 73 contends that, although it seems God is good to the wicked (reprobates), in fact He is not good to them - not at all. God is not good to those who are not (elect) Israel. They are those persons who do not have a clean, that is regenerated and sanctified heart (v1). They are those who are foolish (v3), wicked (v3), proud and violent (v6), corrupt blasphemers of God and slanderers of God’s people (v8,9), ungodly (v12), and far from God (v27)….. They are those men and women whom God has eternally appointed to destruction (Jude 4). For them Christ did not die…. God is not good to these ungodly and wicked by having a favourable attitude toward them. He is not good to them by blessing them. He is not good to them in this life with regard to their comfortable circumstances and abundant possessions. With these circumstances and possessions, God neither intends...

It has come to my attention that there is a belief among some people that I disagree with indiscriminate evangelism, therefore they have accused me to be a hyper-Calvinist. But this is far from the truth. A certain sister messaged me all of sudden with that accusation. Below is our exchange on 31 March 2025: A sister: But if Grace is only for the elect, and U don't believe in evangelism, then how do you explain Matthew 28:18-20 where Christians are instructed to go into all the world and preach gospel Me: Who said i don’t believe in evangelism? I still preach the Gospel indiscriminately. If you don’t know what i believe in, u don’t act smart trying to refute me. A sister: You yourself told me that U believe grace is only for the elect alone ...and not upon all...my dad says hypercalvinist view is like this .they don't bother preaching the gospel because they already know that God predetermined who is to be saved Me: Your dad is right about hyper-Calvinism, except that I am not...

First Thought Romans 8:28 makes impossible the distinction between common grace and particular or saving grace. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” ——— Common Grace, as defined in 1924 by the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), is God's general favor to all creatures. The essence of the position is contained in the following three points: 1. In addition to the saving grace of God, shown only to those who are elected to eternal life, there is also a certain favor, or grace, of God shown to his creatures in general. 2. Since the fall, human life in society remains possible because God, through his Spirit, restrains the power of sin. 3. God, without renewing the heart, so influences human beings that, though incapable of doing any saving good, they are able to do civil good. Source: https://www.crcna.org/.../position-statements/common-grace ——— There is no denial to point 2 and 3 that God restrai...

  Regularly talking and thinking about death is not pessimistic, but a realistic way of living. Facing the inevitable each day, for the Christians, is God’s preordained means to live a responsible life in this temporary world and to remind us of the future Great Haven that God has promised those who believe in Him. Being in the healthcare surgical industry (not as a surgeon, but as a medical device representative), I see pain almost every day in the operating theatres. This is what I like about my job, not that I take pleasure in the suffering of others, but it always reminds me of Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 in my life: “ It is better to go to the house of mourning , than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart . Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better . The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth” . The...

  It is common for Christians to believe that Jesus died for all men without exception. From the time of Adam until the end of time, Christ died for every single person bar none. Jesus died for people who were already in hell like Pharaoh and Esau, bound for the lake of fire which is the second death. Jesus also died for Judas Iscariot, becoming the Propitiation for his sins (1 John 2:2), yet he still goes to hell and is bound for the lake of fire to face the wrath of God? ( Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary: To propitiate is to appease, to atone, to turn away the wrath of an offended person. In the case before us, the wrath turned away is the wrath of God; the person making the propitiation is Christ; the propitiating offering or sacrifice is his blood). Something seems strange. It’s either Christ’s death fails to propitiate for the sins of some, or there is a fatal flaw in their scriptural interpretation. I am sure that it is the latter. God is loving, gracious a...

  Psa 73:1  A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.  God is only good to the elect and no one else. Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. He is good to only those who heart has been sovereignly cleansed by the blood of Christ, forever justified.   Psa 73:2  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.  And yet we are still trapped in this body of death and sin-filled world. In our sanctification while still on this earth, we are prone to backsliding. Rom 7:23  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Rom 7:24  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  We fight, grapple and wrestle against a monster called sin ea...