Quote 4552
Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
God will not only be admired by His saints in glory for His love in their salvation but for His wisdom in the way to it. The love of God in saving them will be the sweet draft at the marriage feast, and the rare wisdom of God in effecting this as the curious workmanship with which the cup shall be enameled.
God is wise to conceal the succors He intends in the several changes of thy life, that so He may draw thy heart into an entire dependence on His faithful promise. Thus, to try the metal of Abraham's faith, He let him go on till his hand was stretched forth, and then He comes to his rescue. Christ sends His disciples to sea but stays behind Himself on a design to try their faith and show His love. Comfort thyself, therefore, with this: though thou cannot see thy God in the way, yet thou shalt find Him in the end.
How comfortable is it to think that our distresses, as well as our deliverances, are the fruits of infinite wisdom! Nothing is done by Him too soon or too slow, but in the true point of time, with all its due circumstances, most conveniently for His glory and our good. How wise is God to bring the glory of our salvation out of the depths of a seeming ruin and make the evils of affliction subservient to the good of the afflicted!
By wisdom, I mean that attribute in God whereby He orders and manages whatsoever He takes in hand by the best means, in the best manner, and to the best end that possibly can be imagined, so that it is impossible for us or, I may say, for Himself too to find out better means to make use of, a better way to go in, or a better end to aim at than Himself makes use of, goes in, and aims at in everything that ever did or ever shall come from Him.
There is a full manifestation of the attributes of God in Jesus Christ, the Mediator of the new covenant. These attributes that were never manifested before, mercy and longsuffering, are revealed in Him; and these that were manifested before shine more brightly through Christ.
Special OfferTop Authors
1. Thomas Watson (160)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. John Calvin (107)
5. J.I. Packer (93)
6. John Piper (87)
7. George Swinnock (79)
8. John Flavel (74)
9. A.W. Pink (68)
10. Thomas Brooks (66)
11. John Owen (65)
12. Louis Berkhof (63)
13. C.S. Lewis (59)
14. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
15. B.B. Warfield (58)
16. Thomas Manton (58)
17. R.C. Sproul (55)
18. Heinrich Bullinger (53)
19. Matthew Henry (51)
20. Gerald Bray (50)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. John Calvin (107)
5. J.I. Packer (93)
6. John Piper (87)
7. George Swinnock (79)
8. John Flavel (74)
9. A.W. Pink (68)
10. Thomas Brooks (66)
11. John Owen (65)
12. Louis Berkhof (63)
13. C.S. Lewis (59)
14. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
15. B.B. Warfield (58)
16. Thomas Manton (58)
17. R.C. Sproul (55)
18. Heinrich Bullinger (53)
19. Matthew Henry (51)
20. Gerald Bray (50)
Top Topics
1. Sin (216)2. Scripture (152)
3. Prayer (142)
4. Faith (134)
5. Preaching (119)
6. The Law (108)
7. Gospel (104)
8. Suffering (99)
9. Salvation (91)
10. Sabbath (88)
11. Church (85)
12. Christ (82)
13. Law (61)
14. Grace (59)
15. Justification (55)
16. Truth (53)
17. Death (51)
18. Love (46)
19. Children (43)
20. Creation (43)
21. Theology (43)
22. Ten Commandments (42)
23. Obedience (40)
24. Contentment (39)
25. Heaven (39)
26. Sanctification (39)