Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. — 1 Thess 5:18 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and […]
[The godly man] will be thankful in adversity as well as prosperity … A gracious soul is thankful and rejoices that he is drawn nearer to God, even though it is by the cords of affliction. When it goes well with him, he praises God’s mercy; […]
There are two ways of beholding the glory of Christ The one is by faith, in this world,—which is “the evidence of things not seen;” the other is by sight, or immediate vision in eternity, “We walk by faith, and not by sight” (2 Cor 5:7). […]
He is originally good, good of Himself, which nothing else is; for all creatures are good only by participation and communication from God. He is essentially good; not only good, but goodness itself: the creature’s good is a superadded quality, in God it is His essence. […]
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! —Psalm 113:4 Though the Gentiles knew him not, yet was Jehovah their ruler: their false gods were no gods, and their kings were puppets in his hands. The Lord is high above all […]