Whereunto He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 2:14
The great truth is always the Bible, and the Bible alone…Can you take the penknife of Jehudi and cut (the Doctrine of Election) out of the Word of God? Would you be like the woman at the feet of Solomon, and have the child rent in halves, that you might have your half? Is (election) not here in Scripture? And is it not your duty to bow before it, and meekly acknowledge what you do not understand—to receive it as the truth even though you could not understand its meaning? I will not attempt to prove the justice of God in having thus elected some and left others. It is not for me to vindicate my Master. He will speak for Himself, and He does so—”Nay, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonor?” Who is he that shall say unto his father, “What hast thou begotten?” or unto his mother, “What hast thou brought forth?” “I am the Lord—I form the light and create darkness I, the Lord, do all these things.” Who are you that reply against God? Tremble and kiss His rod; bow down and submit to His scepter; impugn not His justice, and arraign not His acts before your bar, O man!
But there are some who say, “It is hard for God to choose some and leave others.” Now, I will ask you one question. Is there any of you who wishes to be holy, who wishes to be regenerate, to leave off sin and walk in holiness? “Yes, there is,” says some one, “I do.” Then God has elected you. But another says, “No; I don’t want to be holy; I don’t want to give up my lusts and my vices.” Why should you grumble, then, that God has not elected you to it? For if you were elected you would not like it, according to your own confession…If you love religion, He has chosen you to it. If you desire it, He has chosen you to it.
He Hath Said 