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.
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
I'm trying to look at many, many things in modern life that I believe are going faster, and I'm trying to look at why they're going faster and what effect they have on us. We all know about FedEx and instant pudding, but it doesn't mean we've looked at all the consequences of our desire for speed.
When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.
Without God man has no reference point to define himself.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how similar we are and not how different we are.
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