In several passages of Scripture, God praises His faithful children. He was so pleased with the faithfulness of some that He did not wait for the final judgment and already took them to heaven, as He did with Enoch, Moses, and Elijah. If the doctrine of “unmerited favor” were true, the faithfulness of these people would be irrelevant, for their actions would not influence anything. But the truth is that God observes souls, and when He finds one after His own heart, He decides that it deserves all good things. Besides blessings and protection, He sends it to His Son for forgiveness and salvation. What God never does is send disobedient souls to Jesus. | Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked… But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2

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