He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so small, denies Christ.

The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.

Daily there have to be many troubles and trials in every house, city, and country. No station in life is free of suffering and pain, both from your own, like your wife or children or household help or subjects, and from the outside, from your neighbors and all sorts of accidental trouble.

Christ desires nothing more of us than that we speak of him.

For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need

In ourselves, we are sinners, and yet through faith we are righteous by the imputation of God. For we trust him who promises to deliver us, and in the meantime struggle so that sin may not overwhelm us, but that we may stand up to it until he finally take it away from us.

By faith we began, by hope we continue, and by revelation we shall obtain the whole.