God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsibility: Two Truths That Must be Held Together

A.W. Pink comments on the importance of "preserving the balance of Truth" when discussing the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man:

"In our Foreword to the second edition (pages 13, 14) we acknowledge the need for preserving the balance of Truth. Two things are beyond dispute: God is sovereign, man is responsible. In this book we have sought to expound the former; in our other works we have frequently pressed the latter. That there is real danger of over-emphasising the one and ignoring the other, we readily admit; yea, history furnishes numerous examples of cases of each. To emphasise the sovereignty of God, without also maintaining the accountability of the creature tends to fatalism; to be so concerned in maintaining the responsibility of man, as to lose sight of the sovereignty of God, is to exalt the creature and dishonor the Creator."

- A.W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God, Baker Books, p. 229