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NASB | James 1:18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:18 It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself--sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes]. |
Subject: All of Grace from our Sovereign Lord |
Bible Note: "Regeneration and all consequent blessings come to us entirely through the absolute but gracious will of God. He is not bound to give; He may, if He wills, withhold. We have no claim upon God, except the claim of justice; and what would that involve but that He should punish us for our sin? We are felons against the Majesty of heaven. We have forfeited all the rights we ever had under the divine government. The right to punishment is the only right we can now claim upon the footing of justice. Henceforth we are simply in the hands of God awaiting His sentence. He may, if He wills, save the entire human race; if it pleaseth Him, He may save none. If so He wills, He may make this man a monument of mercy, and leave His neighbor to reap the due reward of His works. This is what God has a right to do, and He claims His sovereign prerogative. Are not His own words heard through Scripture like peals of thunder, 'I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion; so then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy'? There are some who, in their blindness, grow wrathful at this doctrine, as if it were ungracious to mention a fact which it is impossible to disguise; they will almost froth at the mouth when the subject is broached. Well, let them do so, it still standeth firm as a rock and fast as the eternal hills. Jehovah giveth no account of His matters. He doeth as He wills among the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of this lower earth. So,- "Mortals, be dumb; what creature dares Dispute His awful will? Ask no account of His affairs, But tremble, and be still.'" --Charles H. Spurgeon |
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