That's hot

Though I don't normally do this, and I won't make a habit of it, I am putting a link to an entry in Dr. Leithart's blog, because it is really great.

http://www.leithart.com/archives/001403.php

corporate and individual election

The question of the primacy of corporate or individual election is a question that reveals one of our modernistic assumptions. The need for the one or the many to be primary, but the fact that the Church is made, by the accomplished work of Christ and the indwelling work of the Spirit, to reflect the covenant life of the Trinity, we ought to expect and look for ways in which the church has one and many dimensions. Election is one example. The family of those baptized into Christ is elect as the family of Abraham, yet at the same time the individuals within the family are elect individuals and a few are not elect individuals. The Bible brings these two together (not all Israel is Israel) so that they complement one another, work together, and are even parallel, and we ought to learn to do the same. It is called being comfortable with a lack of knowledge because we trust in the goodness and sovereignty of God.