Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond

The Solution To Staying On The Right Side Of The Fine Line Between Using And Abusing Grace Is Repentance. The Road To Repentance Is Godly Sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10). Godly Sorrow Is Developed When We Focus On The True Nature Of Sin As An Offense Against God Rather Than Something That Makes Us Feel Guilty.

In A Sermon Entitled “god's Providence,” C. H. Spurgeon Said, “napoleon Once Heard It Said, That Man Proposes And God Disposes. 'ah,' Said Napoleon, 'but I Propose And Dispose Too.' How Do You Think He Proposed And Disposed? He Proposed To Go And Take Russia; He Proposed To Make All Europe His. He Proposed To Destroy That Power, And How Did He Come Back Again? How Had He Disposed It? He Came Back Solitary And Alone, His Mighty Army Perished And Wasted, Having Well-nigh Eaten And Devoured One Another Through Hunger. Man Proposes And God Disposes.

The Fruit Of Patience In All Its Aspects - Long-suffering, Forbearance, Endurance, And Perseverance - Is A Fruit That Is Most Intimately Associated With Our Devotion To God. All Character Traits Of Godliness Grow Out Of And Have Their Foundation In Our Devotion To God, But The Fruit Of Patience Must Grow Out Of That Relationship In A Particular Way.

We Insist That God Must Surely Lead Everyone As We Believe He Has Led Us. We Refuse To Allow God The Freedom To Deal With Each Of Us As Individuals. When We Think Like That, We Are Legalistic.

Nothing Can Be More Consoling To The Man Of God, Than The Conviction That The Lord Who Made The World Governs The World; And That Every Event, Great And Small, Prosperous And Adverse, Is Under The Absolute Disposal Of Him Who Doth All Things Well, And Who Regulates All Things For The Good Of His People.