steadfast7
Puritan Board Junior
Acts 18.10 records God's encouragement to Paul to be bold with the words: "I have many in this city who are my people." The reformed have traditionally understood this to refer to the elect.
In what sense can the elect be named God's people prior to their regeneration and response to the gospel with faith? Are they not properly reckoned enemies of God, under his wrath, and without hope in this world?
In what sense can the elect be named God's people prior to their regeneration and response to the gospel with faith? Are they not properly reckoned enemies of God, under his wrath, and without hope in this world?