“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.”
Such “praise” is pleasing to God since it reciprocates God’s love for us. 1 Corinthians 16:22 adds: “If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha.”
Certainly, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:10). We determine whether we will be kneeling and confessing from the location of Heaven or Hell.
If God created a class of the non-elect, who God allegedly did not intend to spend eternity with Him in Heaven, and who are purposely excluded from the hope of Calvary in the form of a Limited Atonement, how would God expect such a class to praise Him from their heart, if He does not love them, or at least, does not love them salvifically?
[This post has been excerpted with permission from Richard Coords, Calvinism Answered Verse by Verse and Subject by Subject, © 2024.]
