To realize that the Holy Scriptures are a revelation from the Most High,
communicating to us His mind and defining for us His will, is the first
step toward practical godliness. To recognize that the Bible is God's
Word, and that its precepts are the precepts of the Almighty, will lead
us to see what an awful thing it is to despise and ignore them. To
receive the Bible as addressed to our own souls, given to us by the
Creator Himself, will cause us to cry with the Psalmist, "Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies...Order
my steps in Thy Word" (Psa. 119: 36, 133). Once the Sovereignty of the
Author of the Word is apprehended it will no longer be a matter of
picking and choosing from the precepts and statutes of that Word,
selecting those which meet with our approval; but it will be seen that
nothing less than an unqualified and whole-hearted submission becomes
the creature.
- A. W. Pink (The Sovereignty of God, Chapter 10: Our Attitude towards God's Sovereignty)
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