Who should study the doctrine of election and the calling of believers since eternity past?
Only the believer should study the doctrine of election and the calling of believers since eternity past. It is a doctrine for those who can accept by faith that God chose them in eternity past; unbelievers cannot comprehend it and instead need the invitation that whosoever will may come.
Les teaches that the verses in chapter 9 dealing with election and the calling of believers since eternity past are hard to swallow and hard to teach because people confuse the issue. He says the Bible never teaches that a person can just go their own way and let God elect them if He sees fit. This doctrine should be studied only by the believer, because as a believer God wants us to know our exalted position did not come by accident. In eternity past God chose us, and only the believer can take that by faith. The unbeliever cannot comprehend it and is not expected to swallow it; the unbeliever must understand whosoever will may come, that God is not willing any should perish but all should come to repentance, and that Christ died for every man.