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Everything that has moved or shall move in heaven, and earth, and hell, has been, is, and shall be according to the counsel and foreknowledge of God, fulfilling a holy, just, wise and unalterable purpose!
C.H. Spurgeon

For an act to be good, it must arise from good motives. And one of those motives must be the glory of God. Where that motive is missing, every act has a fatal flaw. An unsaved man may have some good motives in what he does. That is, he may do something for the sake of others. That is fine, as far as it goes. We do not want to deny that. But it does not go far enough. God commands, “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). But each thing the unbeliever does breaks this command. For that reason, he never once pleases God.
Tom Wells

    • Month: April 1994

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    This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

    conbk06 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK SIX CHAPTER I O Hope from my youth,1 where wast thou to me and where hadst thou gone away?2 For hadst thou not created me and differentiated me from the beasts of the field and the…

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    conbk05 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK FIVE CHAPTER I Accept this sacrifice of my confessions from the hand of my tongue. Thou didst form it and hast prompted it to praise thy name. Heal all my bones and let them say, “O…

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    This entry is part 7 of 17 in the series AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

    conbk04 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK FOUR CHAPTER I During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray. I was deceived and deceived others, in varied lustful projects–sometimes publicly, by the…

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    This entry is part 6 of 17 in the series AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

    conbk03 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK THREE CHAPTER I I came to Carthage, where a caldron of unholy loves was seething and bubbling all around me. I was not in love as yet, but I was in love with love; and, from…

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    This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

    conbk02 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWO CHAPTER I I wish now to review in memory my past wickedness and the carnal corruptions of my soul–not because I still love them, but that I may love thee, O my God. For love…

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    This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

    conbk01 AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS BOOK ONE CHAPTER I “Great art thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is thy power, and infinite is thy wisdom.”6 And man desires to praise thee, for he is a part of thy creation;…

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