Quotes about Divine

How childish is the attempt to meet this argument by the following sophism! "We were chosen because we were worthy, and because God foresaw that we would be worthy."

The Lord, however, not only forbids any image of himself to be erected by a statuary, but to be formed by any artist whatever, because every such image is sinful and insulting to his majesty.

Did not God assist us, we should not only not be able to conquer, but not able even to fight.

in the freest manner, and on no mercenary grounds, does God bestow upon us his love and favor, just as, when we were not yet born, and when he was prompted by nothing but his own will, he fixed upon us his choice.

But the secret counsel of God is something else. It is so deep and so high that no exploration can attain to it.

God did not look for a cause outside himself, but predestined us because it was his will to do it.

Even the wicked themselves, therefore, are an example of the fact that some idea of God always exists in every human mind.

Anyone, therefore, who obscures the glory of God, puts himself in the position of striving to subvert the eternal purpose of God.

As far as pertains to those secret promptings we are discussing, Solomon's statement that the heart of a king is turned about hither and thither at God's pleasure [Prov. 21:1] certainly extends to all the human race, and carries as much weight as if he had said: "Whatever we conceive of in our minds is directed to his own end by God's secret inspiration."

When God opens his mouth to us, he should not find our hearts closed and shut firmly against him.

For if anyone is to possess righteousness by faith, it must necessarily be given by God and proffered to us by his Word.

Since the Lord has provided us with such protection, let us not be terrified at the multitude of our enemies as if they could prevail not withstanding of his aid, but let us adopt the sentiment of Elisha, that more are for us than against us.