July 11, 2009

Erroll Hulse's Definition of an "Offer"

The etymology—the facts relating to the formation and history of the use of a word or words—of the term "offer" takes us back to 1548. At that time a proposal of marriage was regarded as an offer. The word means a proposal to give or do something, to tender for acceptance or refusal. To carry this forward, we could say that an offer means that someone is proposing or expressing willingness to do something conditional upon the assent of the person addressed. Thus God said to David: "I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them" (2 Sam. 24:12).
Erroll Hulse, The Free Offer of the Gospel: An Exposition of Common Grace and the Free Invitation of the Gospel (Worthington and Haywards Heath, Sussex,. UK: Carey Publications, 1973), 13.

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