to do things in the short term which displease Him in order to bring Himself greater glory in the long term.29 Third, Grudem brings up the two wills of God under the subject of election. Some Arminians use 1 Timothy 2:4 and 2 Peter 3:9 to argue against the doctrine of election: how can it be true that God only chooses some to be saved if the Scriptures declare that God desires all to be saved and none to perish? Grudem’s response is simply to reaffirm the two wills of God. Such passages speak of
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