Quotes about Divine

This marriage union with Christ is the most noble and excellent union:

God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.

Who can have a better right to us than he that gives us our breath?

God may chastise, but He cannot hate.

They that seek the LORD shall not want [lack] any good thing' (Psalm 34:10). If it is good for us, we shall have it; if it is not good for us, then the withholding of it is good.

God often goes by contrary means, and makes the enemy do his work. He can make a straight stroke with a crooked stick.

What is the reason the word works so differently? It is because the Spirit of God carries the word to the conscience of one and not another. One has receive the divine unction and not the other.

If it is good for us, we shall have it; if it is not good for us, then the withholding of it is good.

Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our thoughts, and the praises of angels. God's glory lies chiefly in his attributes, which are the several beams by which the divine nature shines forth. Among other of his orient excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, 'A God of knowledges.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you . . . I will be your God" (Ezek. 36:26,28).

A judge judges only matters of fact, but God judges the heart. He not only judges wicked actions, but wicked designs. He sees the treason of the heart and punishes it.

God's method in calling sinners may vary, but the effect is still the same.