ELECTION and Conversion 揀選與歸正

You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election.

Joseph Alleine

如果你一開始就爭論揀選的問題，那你就可起錯了頭。先證明你的歸正，然後不要再懷疑你是否蒙揀選。

Man is not converted because he wills to be, but he wills to be because he is ordained to election.

Augustine

人歸正並不是因為他想要，而是因為他蒙揀選，所以才會想要歸正。

Election kills at the roots salvation by merits and works.

George S. Bishop

揀選斷絕因善工及美德才能得救的根。

Every departure from the doctrine of election in any degree has been a departure from the gospel, for such departure always involves the introduction of some obligation on man's part to make a contribution towards his own salvation, a contribution he simply cannot make.

Arthur C. Custance

任何跟揀選的教義脫節的就等於跟福音脫節，因為這樣的脫節意味人方面的義務，要有些貢獻才能成就救恩，這樣的貢獻根本是人做不到的。

The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.

Martin Luther

得救的人蒙揀選可不是因著他的美德，而是因著那位中保的恩典。

Let a man go to the grammar school of faith and repentance before he goes to the university of election and predestination.

George Whitefield

在讓一個人進入揀選、預定的大學之前，得先讓一個人進入信心、悔改的小學。