Thoughts and Notes
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The good die well
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful…
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God will provide himself
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: -Genesis 22:8 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For…
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The will fell
This I do know, that the nature of God can never, nowhere, nowise be defective, and that natures made of nothing can. These latter, however, the more being they have, and the more good they do (for then they do something positive), the more they have efficient causes; but in so far as they are…
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The Glorious Church
“Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” -Song of Songs 6:10 Too often the Church is viewed as merely spiritual, with no real power or purpose on earth other than to save souls. The idea of the church just hanging on…
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Good creation
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. -Genesis 1:31 Let us say what was the cause of the Creator’s forming the universe. He was good; and in the good no envy is ever generated about anything whatever. Therefore, being free from envy, He desired that all things should,…
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The devil is God’s plaything
Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? -Job 41:5 It is with reference to nature, then, and not to the wickedness of the devil, that we are to understand these words, “This is the beginning of God’s handiwork;” for, without doubt, wickedness…
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Law of love
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6 contains the heart of the covenant between God and his people. The Lord our God, the Lord is one. He is not one god among many gods.…
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Forth to war
The Son of God goes forth to war, a kingly crown to gain; his blood red banner streams afar: who follows in his train? Who best can drink his cup of woe, triumphant over pain, who patient bears his cross below, he follows in his train. That martyr first, whose eagle eye could pierce beyond…
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Cast into good
It is good for me to be united to God. (Psalm 73:28) Among philosophers it is a question, what is that end and good to the attainment of which all our duties are to have a relation? The Psalmist did not say, It is good for me to have great wealth, or to wear imperial…
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By every word
Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this…