No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.
Mental confusion can be the product of divine discipline.
God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.
God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.
Attachments to older forms of worship may be comfortable, but they may contain elements of falsehood that make them unacceptable to God.
The worship of false gods is always an outgrowth of spiritual deception.