We are inclined to boast in our own abilities, but the only basis for our boasting and our only hope for blessing is the LORD Himself.

There is a sickness of soul that leads to great grief, but there is a balm administered by Jesus the Physician that perfectly heals and fully restores.

True healing and deliverance from shame and judgment will not come by superficial salve but by the faithful application of gospel truth.

Apart from grace, people will seek after selfish desires and will accumulate for themselves prophets and priests to support and validate their selfishness, and this to their own harm.

The LORD graciously warns of His judgment to come and calls us to receive His grace in humility and to devote ourselves to Him in sincerity.

5.4 The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that His determinate counsel extends itself even to the first fall, and…

Chapter 5.1-3: Of Divine Providence 5.1 God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things, a…

PARAGRAPH 6 As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so He hath, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto;13 wherefore they who…

PARAGRAPH 3 By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ,7 to the praise of…