Paul’s heart overflowed at such a glorious thought as he blessed God for choosing unworthy sinners. God wrote the names of every believer in the Book of Life before the world began: “The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 17:8; see also 20:15). Election is the first cause of all blessing. That is
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