Oh despise not election! therein lies all your hope, that there is a remnant who shall infallibly be saved.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of elections as a means of hope for those who believe in salvation.
In this quote, Thomas Goodwin conveys the significance of elections as a vital process that reflects a chance for change and the preservation of hope. He suggests that amidst various circumstances, the act of choosing can represent the possibility of salvation for a select few, reinforcing the notion that every decision holds weight in shaping outcomes.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire people during an election campaign, highlighting the hope that comes with participation.
The Indwelling of Christ by faithis to have Jesus Christ continually in one’s eye, a habitual sight of Him. I call it so because a man actually does not always think of Christ; but as a man does not look up to the sun continually, yet he sees the light of it. So you should carry along and bear along in your eye the sight and knowledge of Christ, so that at least a presence of Him accompanies you, which faith makes.
Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior. One that may do what He will. That may wholly choose whether He will love or no. Now God, who is an infinite Sovereign, who might have chosen whether ever He would love us or no; for Him to love us, this is Grace.
Value God and his love more than all the world, though there were millions of them. He valued you before the world, and therefore is beforehand with you in his love. He not only loved you from everlasting, (whereas your love is but of yesterday,) but in the valuation of it, he loved you before all worlds, and preferred you to all worlds: though you loved the world first, before you loved him.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.
This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.
Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens to heights no collectivist system has ever begun to equal, and no tribal gang can conceive of.
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