A Sanctuary for Biblical Logic

This commentary is to show why the blessings and promises of Psalm 145 are strictly particular to the elect alone.  Psa 145:1  David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.  Psa 145:2  Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.  Psa 145:3  Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.  Psa 145:4  One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.  Psa 145:5  I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.  Psa 145:6  And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.  Psa 145:7  They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.    No one has the will and desire to praise God but those whom God causes to approach unto Him in time according to His eternal unconditional election (Psalm 65:4). All

  Psa 1:1  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  Psa 1:2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  Psa 1:3  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.  Psa 1:4  The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.  Psa 1:5  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.  Psa 1:6  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.    Blessed is the Man (Psalm 1:1a): Introduction to the concept of biblical blessedness What does it mean to be blessed? There are few different Hebrew and Greek words in the Bible that imply the English root word “bless”. Each word has its own

  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 (Romans 8:28). This verse is most quoted for the Christian’s comfort and assures us that whatever circumstances we experience in our lives, God always works all things for the elect’s good, who are called to the unmerited salvation of the soul since before the foundation of the world for the glory of His grace. The lack of understanding of this verse causes some to lose faith when they encounter trials and tribulations. Even for the elect who is not justified yet in time (i.e. currently a hater of God, but a sure lover of God in the future), the glorious promise of Romans 8:28 is upon them because the goodness of God will lead him to repentance according to His perfect timing (Romans 2:4). His goodness will never separate the elect from the love God. The universe exists for the good of God’s elect and ultimately to manifest the glory of God. " For I am p

  Geneva Theses (1649) and The Formula Consensus Helvetica (1675) disprove some of the common theories that reformed teachers have been teaching their congregations. These commonly taught theories are: God’s universal desire, wish, will, and intention for the salvation of all the reprobates, God’s universal love, kindness, goodness, mercy, and common grace towards all the reprobates, Christ’s universal death for all the reprobates in a certain sense (i.e. Christ died sufficiently for all without exception).  The Geneva Theses were written to refute the errors as taught by the Saumur Academy in France at the time, namely that of John Cameron, Moses Amyrald, Josué de la Place, and Louis Cappel, commonly called Hypothetical Universalism, or specifically Amyraldianism [1] . The Formula Consensus Helvetica, though written later, was also written to refute the same errors. These two confessions prove that the above theories commonly held by many modern reformed believers are the frui

  Most Christians would imagine that the universal fall of man into sin is something unfortunate. God is sad and broken-hearted at the current state of the world and wished that no one had sinned. He had no other choice but to curse the world to punish humanity for their abuse of free will. He forced Himself to do it. Many would have wished that Adam and Eve had not sinned against God and hypothesized what would have happened if man did not fall into sin. Some might have even joked that they would scold Adam and Eve in heaven for being deceived by the serpent. They imagined a hypothetical post-adamic world of peace and righteousness, where Christ does not even have to come to save mankind. Since God's original plan failed because Adam sinned and brought along his posterity down the drain, therefore now God must activate His back up plan to bring in the second Adam, Jesus Christ, to die for the sins of men and rose again on the third day for their justification. Is the above descr

  This article aims to demonstrate how different views of Christ’s atonement logically affects our view of God’s omnipotence. There are two types of atonement that are commonly held: 1) universal, indefinite, or unlimited atonement, and 2) particular, definite, or limited atonement. The author used to believe the former view for several years while he was still attending an Arminian Charismatic church.   Universal atonement states: Christ died for all men without exception (i.e. universally) and paid for all their sins. It is an atonement unlimited in its intent (i.e. God intends to save all without exception including those who are already in the intermediate state or hell) and extent (i.e. God well-meaningly offering His salvific grace to all without exception upon the condition of man’s independent-free-will-activated faith or response to His grace or calling). Christ propitiates for the sins of all men without exception, removing the full curse of the wrath of God from them, an