Election, Part 2: God Resteth In His High And Holy Place

John 3
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John Wesley On Calvinism
But God resteth in his high and holy place; so that to suppose him, of his own mere motion, of his pure will and pleasure, happy as he is, to doom his creatures, whether they will or no, to endless misery, is to impute such cruelty to him as we cannot impute even to the great enemy of God and man. It is to represent the high God (he that hath ears to hear let him hear!) as more cruel, false, and unjust than the devil!

I think that a Baptist, at some point during his or her walk with Jesus, would have to consider the doctrine of election. It is a significant part of our history. And, whatever our conclusion, consideration of this doctrine is edifying.

I also think that any study of election would have to include the above, wonderful comment from John Wesley, not a Baptist, but a man well worth getting to know....