‘Predestination also says something important about us: apart from a unilateral work of grace, we cannot please God. We are dead in our sins, and dead men can do nothing (Eph. 2:1). Therefore, we ignore predestination to our own spiritual malnourishment.’

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(GSiV: Election; Atonement; Piper; Eternal security; Salvation; How do we stop loving the darkness?; Phúc Âm cho Cơ Đốc nhân; The practical doctrine of election)