“How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.” PeopleMenNeedsDoeHas BeensSpiritHateCoursesEvilChristBornSinAnswersPleasureHolyAnd LoveSalvationPerceiveFallenHoly SpiritDesperateHolinessBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Arthur W. Pink
“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.” PleasureMereDeterminedObligationSovereignConstraints Book:The Attribute to God Source: The Attribute to God
“Our first postulate is that because God is God, He does as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases; that His great concern is the accomplishment of His own pleasure and the promotion of His own glory that He is the Supreme Being, and therefore Sovereign of the universe.” FirstsDoeUniversePleasurePleaseGloryConcernSupremeAccomplishmentSovereignPromotionSupreme Being Book:Sovereignty of God Source: Sovereignty of God
“The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and that I expect Him to give me that which I have asked. But this is a most dishonouring and degrading conception. The popular belief reduces God to a servant, our servant: doing our bidding, performing our pleasure, granting our desires. No, prayer is a coming to God, telling Him my need, committing my way unto the Lord, and leaving Him to deal with it as seemeth Him best.” WayWantNeedsGivingIdeasSeemsDesireAsksBeliefPrayerPleasureDealsLordGive MeLeavingTemptationMy WayServantPerformingConceptionPrevailingDegradingBiddingLeaving Him Book:The Sovereignty of God Source: The Sovereignty of God
“Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil, but the Lord Almighty who is ruling the world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory.” MenWorldSoulUniverseEvilPleasureLordFateEternalGloryDevilFoundationBlindIntellectAlmightyRulingAnchorsSteadfastEvil ManRuling The World Book:Sovereignty of God Source: Sovereignty of God
