Lord, we thank You for Your great love. It is not a love that we can
take for granted. We dare not say, ‘God loves us. we can do what we
like.’ Your love calls for our response. It’s a love that calls to trust
in the Saviour. It’s a love which calls us to receive Your forgiveness.
It’s a love which calls us to begin a new life with You. Help us, Lord,
to live our lives in the light of Your great love – “Loving Him who
first loved me.”
Some people are impressed by Barth’s distinction between universal election and universal salvation. They defend his position. Some have been influenced by Barth and have become universalists. Berkouwer’s view was that our critique of Barth must begin with looking closely at his teaching concerning universal election. * By speaking of the idea of the depth-aspect of salvation, Berkouwer distances himself from double predestination. * In his critique of Barth, Berkouwer distances himself from universal salvation. * With such a strong emphasis on both grace and faith, Berkouwer guards against any suggestion that, by our faith, we contribute anything to our salvation. It is always God’s free gift, and all the glory belongs to Him. I think that the distinctive feature of Berkouwer’s teaching is that he emphasizes that everything we say about God’s salvation is said from within the experience of having been saved by grace through faith. We have heard the Good News - “Christ Jesus came...
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