And if God be robbed of His power to elect, what will there be remaining but that idol, Fortune, under the name of which all things take place at random! Nay, we shall eventually come to this: That God has not determined by certain and glorious election who should be saved, but has left them to choose for themselves whether they shall be saved, while He, in the meantime, should be gone to an Ethiopian Feast!
If therefore we are taught, and if we believe, that we do not need to know these things, Christian faith is utterly destroyed and the promises of God and the whole Gospel fall entirely to the ground; for the greatest and only consolation and assurance for Christians in their adversity is that...God does all things immutably and that His will cannot be resisted, changed, or hindered."
Monday, April 24, 2006
Ethiopian Feast?
As I mentioned previously, Hadleigh and I are reading a book called "Putting Amazing Back into Grace" by Michael Horton. We have liked it so much that we have gotten Dave into it as well and so now our whole family is reading it together. I thought it ironic since we just visited a Luther sight over the weekend that Horton quoted Luther's "Bondage of the Will".
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From personal experience in Ethiopia last summer, I can tell you that an Ethiopian Feast is something incredible. There is so much food and the variety and flavors are so rich and warm and delicious. With the dancing and the coffee being roasted and the amazing hospitality, I wish you all could experience a true Ethiopian Feast.
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