When there were transactions between the Father and Son, YOU were mentioned in particular; God the Father gave YOU by name to his Son.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
Election
Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God’s will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.
— Thomas Watson
Election and Faith
No man believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline his heart can refrain from believing.
— Blaise Pascal
Marvel of Election
The marvel of marvels is not that God, in his infinite love, has not elected all this guilty race to be saved, but that he has elected any.
— Benjamin B. Warfield
Election
If God would have painted a yellow stripe on the backs of the elect, I would go around lifting shirts. But since he didn’t, I must preach “whosoever will”; and when “whosoever” believes, I know he is one of the elect.
— C. H. Spurgeon
