as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12
“There is an election of individuals and a people, the only election
found in the word of God, where man is elected to be saved.
“There is an election of individuals and a people, the only election
Many have looked at the end, thinking they were surely elected to have heavenly bliss; but this is not the election the Bible reveals. Man is elected to work out his own salvation with fear and trembling. He is elected to put on the armor, to fight the good fight of faith.
He is elected to use the means God has placed within his reach to war against every unholy lust,
while Satan is playing the game of life for his soul.
He is elected to watch unto prayer,
to search the Scriptures,
and to avoid entering into temptation.
He is elected to have faith continually.
He is elected to be obedient to every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, and that he may be, not a hearer only, but a doer of the word. This is Bible election.”
E.G.W.
