Quotes About Divine

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness," he brooded. "And perhaps even Satan—Satan, in spite of himself—somehow serves to work out the will of God." Merrin

all-good, like the vain, capricious, cruel God of Job? With all of eternity at His disposal, what fiendish new tortures might He not devise? A limited

The Divine nature is Rest," he says in one of the German discourses; and in the Latin fragments we find: "God rests in Himself, and makes all things rest in Him.

The eighth verse of Genesis 1 reads: "And God called the expanse heaven." Rashi here endeavors to explain the word for heaven, Shamayim. He says that it may consist of the following: either the words Sa and Mayim, meaning "carrying water;" the words Sham and Mayim, meaning "there is water;" or the words Esh and Mayim, meaning "fire and water.

When the Orthodox tradition of biblical knowledge is taken as a whole, which is not easily attainable, taking years and multiple teachers, it can clearly be seen that the Torah was composed by influence of divine origin, a position that stands in opposition to the common scholarly opinion that it is the garbled mess of a multitude of redactors.

if a witch tries to influence a Christian believer with a magic spell, it will often fail to work, simply because the Lord watches over His children carefully. God will not allow the devil

The Pentecostal power, when you sum it all up, is just more of God's love. If it does not bring more love, it is simply a counterfeit.

He is divinely bent on meditation.

The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.

He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day: He is within, with two right reverend fathers, Divinely bent to meditation, And in no worldly suits would he be moved To draw him from his holy exercise.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judgeThat no king can corrupt.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

This word "love," which greybeards call divine.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

An angel! or, if not,An earthly paragon!

There's husbandry in heaven;Their candles are all out.

O heavens! this is my true-begotten father.

The gods sent notCorn for the rich men only.

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!

Now, God be prais'd, that to believing soulsGives light in darkness, comfort in despair!

God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.

Music from the spheres.

Truly, I would the gods had made thee poetical.

Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.