And so, in willingness and joyful obedience, we choose what no man can possibly choose apart from grace. It is all God's work in us and through us and to His glory. Opponents reply that it comes perilously close to making God the Author of sin. They would further emphasize the historical fact that both the Westminster Confession and the Synod of Dort adopted the infra-lapsarian position. We will be answering this question in several issues.
Some explanation is required.
Nor should they worry. The subject here is one about which Scripture says nothing. In general, these two words have to do with the logical order of God's decrees . More particularly, they have to do with the relationship between predestination and the fall of mankind in God's decrees . This involves the further question of where Christ comes in the decree.