The Gospel Messenger and Primitive Pathway, Vol. 13 PDF Download

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243381869
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Excerpt from The Gospel Messenger and Primitive Pathway, Vol. 13: January, 1891 The messenger comes to us regular and we are delighted with it. We see nothing in it but what is calculated to comfort, edify and strengthen the children of God, except the subject of Fredes tination, and this Ought not to render any one unhappy, for none of us believe that God is the author of sin, neither do we believe that anything takes place by chance; but in some way best known to himself, He is connected with all the transactions of men in time, whether we are able to fully understand how and for what purpose or not, except His own glory, for which He has made all things. He hath made all things for himself, and then' for himself all things are and must to that one particular end nu failingly come. For the' Lord God or hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Surely he must have thought of all things, for He that is alwise could not but do so. 0, the depth of the riches, both of the Wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are hisjudgments, and his ways past finding out; who hath recompensed to him, and it Shall be recompensed to him again; for of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen! It is certain that God well understands the depth of this prob lem, this ocean of mystery, and will guide all things to its appointed end, and will be glorified by all of his works, as well the least as the greatest. For he is God; and there is none else; he is God and there is none like him, declaring the end from the beginning - from ancient times-the things not yet done, saying My.counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. He doeth his will in the army of hearen, and among the inhabitants of the earth. Thou wilt say, then, unto me, Why doth be yet find fault, for who bath resisted his will? Will be the question of some. Nay, but 0, man, who art thou that replieth against God! Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hath thou made me thus? Will be the answer of the apostle. The wickedness of the act of killing the Saviour was purely the wickedness of those who put him to death; the purpose to be obtained by it was purely God's. They meant one thing by it, God another. The robbers of Job meant one thing, 'god something else; Joseph's brethren meant what they did for evil, God meant it for good. So the people of to-day mean many things contrary to what God means by the same things. There is a work in all the works of time that is God's work, and another that is man's work; the part that God performs is good, the part man performs is evil. But we are not to do evil that good may come, but God often brings good out of evil, sweet out of bitter, light out of darkness, et cetera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.