The fidelity of Christ to save His sheep
Christ as mediator had a command from his Father to die, and he observes it, ‘I lay down my life for my sheep; this commandment have I recieved of my Father,’ John 10:11, 15…Jesus Christ has not only leave to save the elect, but a charge to save the elect, ‘All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me, and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out, for I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day…’ Chris tis to be answerable for all those that are given to him; at the last day, and therefore we need not doubt but that he will certainly employ all the power of his Godhead to secure and save all those that he must be accountable for. Christ’s charge and care of these that are given to him, extends to the very day of their resurrection, that he may not so much as lose their dust, but gather it together again, and raise it up in glory, to be a proof of his fidelity, for, saith he, ‘I should lose nothing, but raise it up again at the last day.’ [Thomas Brooks]
Let's not accuse God of injustice
Howsoever it be God’s Sovereign good pleasure to choose some and not others, yet a man’s damnation is wholly of himself in respect of the meritorious cause; for no man is damned precisely because God hath not chosen him, because he is not elected, but because he is a sinner, and doth wilfully refuse the means of grace offered, insomuch that there is no sinner but he doth willingly and readily sin with as much choice and delight, as if he were not at all left by God; and therefor the Scripture doth wholly attribute a man’s destruction to his own self. Let no man think then to evade God’s justice under this pretence. No, God will be justified, and every man will be found to be a sinner. Neither may this thought to be injustice in God; for if he had not saved one man none could have blamed him: we see he did not spare one of the apostate angels. Thus also might he have done with all mankind. Let us therefore admire the goodness of God that he chooses, any to eternal life. [Anthony Burgess--Sermons on Spiritual refining p. 646]
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Nothing much to tell. I’m walking a single solitary pilgrims walk, in England, that is not an easy one. I am a Calvinistic Covenanter Christian, My Autonomic Nervous system is failing slowly, which has led to severe disability, with an ultra rare disease than medics don’t even understand, often misdiagnose.and will no doubt kill me at some point. But, I trust the Lord to get me where I’m going. All glory to HIM.
The symptomology listed on the link, most porphyrics will only have most of those symptoms if in an acute attack. A few of us, with the ongoing, smouldering symptoms, that never go away, have most if not all of the symptom list, even when not in an acute attack, and are persistent and constant. Anyone who has ever been in the psychiactric system, diagnosed as this or that, even if physically well, should consider this illness could be responsible. King George III, the most famous porphyric, his sole symptom was “insanity.” Its so rare in part, because it’s massively under-diagnosed. But in making this illness known, when it struck me physically a few years ago, God vindicated me from every mis-diagnoses and bersmirchment upon me medically that has ever been made, and has made them all null and void.
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