Providence
To judge of an event before the final issue is great folly. It is also sin. It is both arrogant and presumptuous. It also brings much misery with it. [JJTP]
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We should be very careful not to misinterpret the leadings of Providence. No doubt Lot thought that God’s providence pointed him to Sodom; but he was sadly mistaken. [JJTP]
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As a jury, in a criminal case, may receive impressions in the progress of the trial, but should feel bound to suspend judgment until the whole facts of the case are submitted; so nothing can warrant us in pronouncing upon the ways of God till we either see them finished, or understand their import by a revelation from himself. [JJTP]
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None but God sees the end from the beginning. Whom he would bless he first puts to the test of patient waiting. If the righteous should see the happy issue of all that befalls them, as it lies open before God, their afflictions would be no trials. [JJTP]
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Providence so arranges affairs in this world, that even the wicked who hate God, shall certainly glorify him, even by their misdeeds. The treason of Judas was by the Lord overruled to bring about the most important event leading to man’s salvation. [JJTP]
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Divine wisdom and love will so order all things here below that they shall work for the real, internal, and eternal good of them that love Him. [PRASD]
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He that will observe the wonderful providences of God, shall have wonderful providences of God to observe. [JJTP]
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Providence so arranges human affairs that everything in life is a test of character. [JJTP]
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He that has skill to judge of providences aright, has a great ability in him to comprehend with other saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height (of God’s love). [ALE]
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The sun of prosperity shines as well upon brambles of the wilderness as upon the fruit trees of the orchard. [PRASD]