Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 10, "De Electione" (About being chosen), 1743 or 1744
Date
1743/1744
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons010
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
The title of this sermon, which Tennent delivered in 1743 or 1744, translates to "About being chosen." It is a rumination on God's rejection of the Jewish people as "neither total nor final," and begins with Romans 11:5, "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace," although Tennent goes on to quote several other Bible passages in his discussion of the subject.
The title of this sermon, which Tennent delivered in 1743 or 1744, translates to "About being chosen." It is a rumination on God's rejection of the Jewish people as "neither total nor final," and begins with Romans 11:5, "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace," although Tennent goes on to quote several other Bible passages in his discussion of the subject.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
18 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
De electione (On the chosen) begins with remembering that not all the Israelites were rejected for stubborn unbelief, not even Paul himself, who as Saul had persecuted Christians, indicating the preserved remnant of an alien individual, or of an alien group or nation.
Election is through God's foreknowledge (predestination) and grace, and not by any implicit deserving or work being done by an individual.
Identifies God as the author, the acts as the choosing of certain fallen men, and discusses the properties of election and the end, or purpose, of it. Certain ones are chosen, sometimes unlikely to our eyes; others are left to their fate, or sometimes rescued later and selection is entirely by God-- why cannot he do what he wishes with his own creature, as everyone is? Election means that the person is chosen to glorify God and his Church and to receive an incorruptible inheritance. How do people know they're the Elect? By the strength of their Call to the Lord, their hope, which lends them endurance and zeal; additionally, by their kindness, humility of mind, even the hatred engendered against them because they're dedicated to God rather than to the world. We can't see the Book of Life to see if our names are in it, but if we imagine we are chosen, this should energize us and spur us on rather than induce to sloth. Any tribulations we endure will be sanctified and efforts must be introspective and continual, from faith to justification, to vocation, to predestination. Opposes the idea of universal predestination as that induces laziness and lack of the continued effort needed to make our possible election certain.
Election is through God's foreknowledge (predestination) and grace, and not by any implicit deserving or work being done by an individual.
Identifies God as the author, the acts as the choosing of certain fallen men, and discusses the properties of election and the end, or purpose, of it. Certain ones are chosen, sometimes unlikely to our eyes; others are left to their fate, or sometimes rescued later and selection is entirely by God-- why cannot he do what he wishes with his own creature, as everyone is? Election means that the person is chosen to glorify God and his Church and to receive an incorruptible inheritance. How do people know they're the Elect? By the strength of their Call to the Lord, their hope, which lends them endurance and zeal; additionally, by their kindness, humility of mind, even the hatred engendered against them because they're dedicated to God rather than to the world. We can't see the Book of Life to see if our names are in it, but if we imagine we are chosen, this should energize us and spur us on rather than induce to sloth. Any tribulations we endure will be sanctified and efforts must be introspective and continual, from faith to justification, to vocation, to predestination. Opposes the idea of universal predestination as that induces laziness and lack of the continued effort needed to make our possible election certain.
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