purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will” (Eph. 1:11). That sums it up about as well as possible: we are saved according to God’s sovereign purpose, by God’s sovereign working, according to God’s sovereign will. Salvation truly is “from him and through him and to him” (Rom. 11:36). When this truth breaks into our minds and hearts, we glory in God forever. A great many Christians can bear testimony to the earth-shaking effects of realizing
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