A Calvinist does not believe that God’s decision to save man by a decree leaves man passive or inert. Rather, the very opposite takes place! The covenant of grace does not kill man—it does not regard him as a tin can or a piece of wood or a robot. It takes possession of the man, it lays hold of his whole being, with all his faculties, and his power of soul and body—for time and eternity.
God’s sovereign grace does not annihilate man’s will: it overcomes his unwillingness. It does not destroy his will but frees it from sin. It does not stifle or obliterate his conscience but sets it free from darkness. Grace regenerates and recreates man in his entirety, and in renewing him, causes him to love and consecrate himself to God freely
Ernest Reisinger
GOD’S WILL, MAN’S WILL, FREE, WILL
BY ERNEST REISINGER (1919-2004)
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