GOD'S SOVEREIGN WILL
/in Faith, Steadfast HopeHe “worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Eph 1:11). God was under no constraint, no obligation, no necessity to create. That He chose to do so was purely a sovereign act on His part, caused by nothing outside Himself, determined by nothing but His own mere good pleasure; for He “worketh […]
SOLITARINESS OF GOD… BEFORE ALL ELSE
/in Faith, Steadfast Hope“Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” (Exo 15:11). God is solitary in His excellency. “In the beginning God” (Gen 1:1). There was a time, if “time” it could be called, when God, in the unity of His nature (though […]
KNOWING GOD
/in Fellowship, Steadfast Hope“ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE: thereby good shall come unto thee” (Job 22:21). “Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in […]
