ELECTION and Calling 揀選與呼召

As Christians we ought always to remember that the Lord called us to himself not because of our virtues, but in spite of our vices.

作為基督徒，我們應該經常記得上帝呼召我們，並不是因為我們的美德，而是祂不看我們的惡行。

In whatever dunghill God's jewels be hid, election will both find them out there and fetch them out from hence.

John Arrowsmith

無論上帝的珠寶被藏在糞堆的哪一個角落，上帝的揀選都能把它找到並且拿出來重用。

Christians are a select minority - and God has made the selection.

基督徒是被揀選的少數 - 是上帝做了這樣的揀選。

Thou didst seek us when we sought thee not; didst seek us indeed that we might seek thee.

Augustine

當我們為尋找祂時，祂來尋找我們；因著祂尋找我們，我們才能尋找祂。

Amiable agnostics will talk cheerfully about man's search for God. For me, they might as well talk about the mouse's search for a cat...God closed in on me.

C. S. Lewis

親切的不可知論者愉快的談到人怎麼尋找神。對我而言，他們談的根本就像一隻老鼠在尋找貓...是上帝走近我們。

Election is the cause of our vocation and vocation is the sign of our election.

Thomas Watson

揀選是我們蒙召的因由，而我們蒙召正是我們蒙揀選的記號。

It is only as God seeks us that we can be found of him. God is seeker rather than sought.

Arthur Skevington Wood

只有在上帝尋找我們的時候，我們才能被尋到。上帝是找尋者而非被尋找的對象。