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Millpond Ink Musing, 2015 – Of Common Grace and Salvation
Under common grace, men can believe in God, read God’s Word and memorize it, preach, sing and pray powerful prayers, which are applauded by men. They can give of their talent, wealth, and time all in Jesus’ name.
They can score touchdowns, hit home runs, pitch a scoreless inning and point to heaven as they leave the field. All of these things they can do and still be hopelessly lost because their hearts are far from God.
As Reverend Thomas Shepard observed, “For the Lord’s sake take heed of this deceit. True grace it is a rare pearl, a glorious sun clouded from the eyes of all but them that have it, a strange, admirable almighty work of God upon the soul, which no created power can produce; as far different, in the least measure of it, from the highest degree of common grace, as a devil is from an angel; for it is Christ living, breathing, reigning, fighting, conquering in the soul.”
