Soteriology 101: Former Calvinistic Professor Discusses Doctrines Of Salvation

Dr. Leighton Flowers presents a short explanation of Jesus's parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 22. There are several divine choices made by God to bring about redemption. 1) The election of the nation that the king ruled over in the parable (representing Israel) 2) The election of the servants from that nation to deliver the wedding invitations (representing prophets/apostles). 3) The election of those who would receive the invitations (representing the message going first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles) 4) The election to permit those properly clothed in wedding garments to enter (representing those clothed in Christ’s righteousness by faith) The moral of Christ’s parable was, “Many are called, but few are elect” (v. 14). In other words, many are “unconditionally” invited by “unconditionally” elected servants from an “unconditionally” elected nation. - The nation was not chosen because it was more moral or more deserving (i.e. “unconditional”) - The servants from that nation were not selected b