We live in a fallen world. But God’s common grace means the world is not as loveless, ugly and chaotic as it could be. The Bible teaches that God restrains evil so that God’s creation may be preserved, ordered lives can continue and ultimately that God may be glorified and the Gospel preached to all nations.
This briefing looks at this important and often neglected doctrine.
References
- 1 Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Deuteronomy 28:12, StudyLight, see https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cal/deuteronomy-28.html as at 8 February 2021
- 2 Grudem, W, Systematic Theology, InterVarsity Press, 1994, page 657
- 3 ‘Common Grace and the End of the World’, Justin Taylor: The Gospel Coalition, 15 February 2012, see https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/common-grace-and-the-end-of-the-world/ as at 8 February 2021
- 4 Hodge, C, Systematic Theology: Volume II, Eerdmans, 1940, accessed via Christian Classics Ethereal Library, see https://ccel.org/ccel/hodge/theology2/theology2.iv.xiv.ii.html as at 8 February 2021
- 5 Berkhof, L, Systematic Theology, Banner of Truth, 2003, page 436