Providence

One of the most notorious heretics ever to appear in the history of the church of Christ was the monk, Pelagius. Had in not been for the work and teaching of Augustine, the influence of Pelagius would have been, humanly speaking, universal and complete. However, the intervention of God is “wondrous in our eyes.” On the same day that Pelagius was born in Britain, Augustine was born in Africa. Although God was going to permit a sifting time for His church on the earth, He was also preparing the fulfilment of His promise, that “when the enemy comes in like a flood, then shall the Lord raise up a standard.”