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 oneβs 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.
If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.
What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it is really a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things.
In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, _x000D_ And all you behold, though it appears without, _x000D_ It is within, in your imagination, _x000D_ Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.
The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.
As I lay on my back in bed staring up at the blank, white ceiling the stillness seemed to grow bigger and bigger until I felt my eardrums would burst with it.
The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.
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