Sermon

God’s Sovereignty and Our Mission: The Harmony of Election and Evangelism

February 1, 2009 | Joel R. Beeke

Joel R. Beeke addresses the relationship between God’s sovereign election and the imperative of evangelism. Beeke emphasizes that God’s predestination does not negate the Christian duty to evangelize; rather, it ensures that evangelistic efforts will bear fruit according to God’s plan. He discusses scriptural foundations for both doctrines and argues that understanding election should inspire confidence and diligence in evangelism, as God uses believers’ efforts to bring the elect to faith.

Joel R. Beeke serves as president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books, editor of another 100 volumes, and has just finished writing the final volume, with Paul Smalley, of Reformed Systematic Theology (4 vols.; Crossway).