“Man was made to know good with his mind, to desire it with his affections once he knows it, and to cleave to it with his affections once he knows it, and to cleave to it with his will once he has felt its attraction.  Accordingly, God who is the supreme good, moves man not by direct action on the affections or will, but by addressing His speech to man’s mind, so bringing to bear on him the force of truth.  Scripture is God’s speech, given us in the form of human speech; so the preachers first task must be to teach the contents of the Bible, and the Christian’s first task must be to learn them.”

Dr. J.I. Packer

Sin and Temptation

Introduction

“It is precisely this. If you and your opinions about God are informed only by nature you will hold to nothing certain or solid or clear-cut. You vainly and foolishly worship an unknown God and bring torments upon yourself and all who hear you when you corrupt pure religion by granting to each man the madness of his own opinion. Such will only serve to seperate men from God, to make him more obscure to us.”

John Calvin as quoted by Douglas Bonds
The Betrayal

“Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.”

Deuteronomy 4:39