Why we are commanded to do what we can not do!

[Presbyterian Deacon]

God gives commands we can not perform, that we may know what we ought to request from Him.

-- St. Augustine

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

That should be "Commanded"

Bad spellers of the world UNTIE!

 

[BertMulder]

You mean:

"Bad spellers of the world unite"

 

[Davidius]

You mean:

"Bad spellers of the world unite"

I think that was the joke.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

You mean:

"Bad spellers of the world unite"

I think that was the joke.

Apparently, not a very good joke, though!

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

I have seen this quote cited by John Calvin (Institutes) and A.W. Pink (The Sovereignty of God). I believe it is from his Treatise on Grace and Free Will:

The Pelagians think that they know something great when they assert that "God would not command what He knew could not be done by man." Who can be ignorant of this? But God commands some things which we cannot do, in order that we may know what we ought to ask of Him.

Augustine - A Treatise on Grace and Free Will

Augustine, Confessions, X, xxix, 40:

Give what Thou dost command, and command what Thou wilt.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Thank you to whoever corrected my mis-spelling!

 

[DeoOpt]

You mean:

"Bad spellers of the world unite"

No Bad spellers of the world UNTIE