1834-1892
"That God predestines, and that man is responsible, are two things that few can see. They are believed to be inconsistent and contradictory; but they are not. It is just the fault of our weak judgment. Two truths cannot be contradictory to each other. If, then, I find taught in one place that everything is foreordained, that is true; and if I find in another place that man is responsible for all his actions, that is true; and it is my folly that leads me to imagine that two truths can ever contradict each other.These two truths, I do not believe, can ever be welded into one upon any human anvil, but one they shall be in eternity: they are two lines that are so nearly parallel, that the mind that shall pursue them farthest, will never discover that they converge; but they do converge, and they will meet somewhere in eternity, close to the throne of God, whence all truth doth spring." ("Sovereign Grace and Man's Responsibility" in New Park Street Pulpit, vol. 4)
Can I get an amen on these words?
A man will lose his wits in trying to reconcile what our finite minds cannot grasp! Let us then lean not upon our own understanding but trust what is plainly revealed in holy scripture.
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