Young Calvinist » Wrath of God http://youngcalvinist.com Upholding and proclaiming the sovereignty of God Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Resolutions for a Young Calvinist: 3. It might just save you http://youngcalvinist.com/resolutions-for-a-young-calvinist-3-it-might-just-save-you/ http://youngcalvinist.com/resolutions-for-a-young-calvinist-3-it-might-just-save-you/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:35:25 +0000 Stephen Jones http://youngcalvinist.com/?p=108 Take a look at your soul, it might just save you. Sit down, dig deep and stay long. Your soul may still be destined for wrath. Wrestle with the Lord, open your heart, examine its state, face the fear. Do you truly love God? Do you truly love holiness? Are you willing to give up everything, anything, all things, for Christ? Do you still struggle in continual sin? Are the sins of your past still weighing down your heart? Are you empty, broken, lost? Does it seem as if God isn’t there? Do you doubt? Does death frighten you? Is your faith in your mind or your heart?

Your salvation is secure and the above symptoms may just be a sign of trial, struggle or growth. But it is wise to be cautious. The symptoms may be a sign of a much larger problem. Set aside a day, an hour or two, to contemplate your heart’s state. Do it today, for this moment might be your last, and the next might be rejection.

Resolution Three.

Resolved, to contemplate the state of my heart daily so that I might live confidently in its destiny.


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]]> http://youngcalvinist.com/resolutions-for-a-young-calvinist-3-it-might-just-save-you/feed/ 0 The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners http://youngcalvinist.com/the-justice-of-god-in-the-damnation-of-sinners/ http://youngcalvinist.com/the-justice-of-god-in-the-damnation-of-sinners/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:06:09 +0000 Stephen Jones http://youngcalvinist.com/?p=24 In his lectures on the theology of Jonathan Edwards, John H. Gerstner states that Edwards did not exaggerate the wrath of God in his sermons, nor could Edwards ever have exaggerated His wrath, pointing out that the sermon titled The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners was considered by Edwards to be the most blessed sermon by God which he had ever preached.

Here is an excerpt from the sermon:

If we consider the infinite evil and heinousness of sin in general, it is not unjust in God to inflict what punishment is deserved; because the very notion of deserving any punishment is, that it may be justly inflicted…Every crime or fault deserves a greater or less punishment, in proportion as the crime itself is greater or less. If any fault deserves punishment, then so much the greater the fault, so much the greater is the punishment deserved…A crime is more or less heinous, according as we are under greater or less obligations to the contrary…Our obligation to love, honour, and obey any being, is in proportion to his loveliness, honourableness, and authority; for that is the very meaning of the words…So that sin against God, being a violation of infinite obligations, must be a crime infinitely heinous, and so deserving of infinite punishment.

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