{"id":117092,"date":"2025-02-06T03:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=117092"},"modified":"2025-02-06T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:00:03","slug":"common-grace-and-gods-glory-kuyper-on-amazing-common-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=117092","title":{"rendered":"Common Grace and God\u2019s Glory: Kuyper on Amazing Common Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Word from Bob<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>For the past several years, I\u2019ve been studying what Reformed theologians teach about common grace. You can find a collation of all of that material here: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/2024\/11\/free-cg-bc-resource\/\">Common Grace and Biblical Counseling<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this study, I\u2019ve been reading Abraham Kuyper\u2019s biblical teaching on common grace. Here are earlier posts on Kuyper:<\/p>\n<p>  <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/2024\/11\/abraham-kuyper-on-common-grace\/\">Abraham Kuyper on Common Grace<\/a><\/em>, from <em>Wisdom and Wonder: Common Grace in Science and Art<\/em>.   <a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/2024\/11\/every-square-inch\/\"><em>Every Square Inch of Human Existence: Kuyper on God\u2019s All-Encompassing Common Grace<\/em><\/a>: from <em>Common Grace<\/em>, Volume 1.  <\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019re applying common grace to biblical counseling from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Common-Grace-Abraham-Collected-Theology\/dp\/1577996690\/\">Volume 2 of Kuyper\u2019s <em>Common Grace: God\u2019s Gift for a Fallen World<\/em><\/a>. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes in this post will come from this work.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>What\u2019s the Big Idea?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the big idea from today\u2019s post:<\/p>\n<p>  <em>Common grace does not glorify the unregenerate person, just like saving grace does not glorify the regenerate person. Common grace glorifies God!\u00a0<\/em>  <strong>Where Sin Abounds, Common Grace Superabounds!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Kuyper maintains a God-centric, God-glorifying focus in his doctrine of common grace. For Kuyper:<\/p>\n<p>  Common grace is God the Sovereign Warrior combatting the curse.   Common grace is God the Sovereign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common grace doesn\u2019t glorify the unregenerate person, just like saving grace does not glorify the regenerate person. 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