God, having made man a free moral agent, is a wooer, not a
coercionist. If the knowledge of the sacrifice made for man’s
redemption will not win man’s love, God will not apply physical
force to compel acceptance, love, and obedience. A military
chieftain, tho holding the lives of his soldiers in his hands,
exhibits his greatest power by refusing to exercise compulsion,
and realizes that the best service rendered is that which is
prompted by love of the commander. Thus God shows His almighty
power.
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