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enter into that rest, lest any man fall aer the sameexample of unbelief ” (Heb. 4:9-11).How could this exhortation possibly apply to TULIP typeelection? is passage says the rest of salvation is somethingthat every person must seek to enter into, and all are urged todo so, but the doctrine of “sovereign” election teaches us thatthose elected to God’s rest are predetermined solely by God,and they have no choice in the matter and will assuredly enterinto His rest.JESUS ENLIGHTENS EVERY MAN THAT COMESINTO THE WORLD -- “at was the true Light, whichlighteth every man that cometh into the world” (John 1:9).e Bible teaches that men are in darkness, dead intrespasses and sins, but the Bible plainly teaches that Godgives light to every single man that comes into the world.ere is no other way to understand the meaning of thesewords. ere is no way to apply this only to the elect. e factis that God draws men to the light, and if they respond, Hegives them more light. at is what we see in the case ofCornelius in Acts 10. e Bible does not say here that thelight that God gives to some is more effectual than that whichHe gives to others. It simply says that He enlightens everysingle man.THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL CONVICT THE WORLD --“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, andof righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because theybelieve not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to myFather, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because theprince of this world is judged” (John 16:8-11).e Calvinist claims that “it is not the present mission ofthe Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin” and that “the HolySpirit is sovereign in His operations and His mission isconfined to God’s elect” (Pink, e Sovereignty of God, pp. 75,77). In fact, the Lord Jesus plainly and unequivocally teachesin John 16 that the Holy Spirit will indeed convict the worldof sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. e Holy Spirit77