Different camps and parties within the church have fought fierce battles over the doctrine of election. What does it mean? How does it work? What about the non-elect? These battles have consumed a lot of paper and a lot of thought (and even more of what passes for thought). But in the Apostle’s mind, the doctrine of predestination/election is first and foremost a matter for praise — and at its best, of course, praise and worship is what the church has always engaged in and will, in Heaven, always continue to engage in. Indeed, this theme of praising God for His glorious work of choosing for Himself a people in Christ is so important to Paul that I am tempted to cancel this sermon and simply add 6 or 8 additional hymns to the service. But Paul didn’t sing this; he wrote it. And he wrote it in such a way as to require explanation, expansion, and elucidation. Here’s how you and I will know whether I’ve explained the passage correctly. We will know by whether we want to praise God when this sermon is over. If we have caught Paul’s meaning and Paul’s spirit, then we will want to praise God with the same fervor and volume that Paul demonstrated in his praise. What I hope to show you this morning is that we need to praise God the Father for blessing us with all spiritual blessings, and preeminently with the spiritual blessings of election, predestination, and gracious favor.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
