Electon:
The saved are singled out not by their own merits but by the grace of the Mediator. (Martin Luther)
This doctrine affords comfort: thy unworthiness may dismay thee, but remember that thy election depends no upon thy worthiness but upon the will of God. (Elnathan Parr)
I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite sure that if God had not chosen me I would never have chosen Him; and I am sure He chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chosen me afterward. (Charles haddon Spurgeon)
Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy. (Thomas Watson)
Enemies:
You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies. (Corrie ten Boom)
It is infinitely better to have the whole world for our enemies and God for our friend, than to have the whole world for our friends and God for our enemy. (John Brown)
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. (G. K. Chesterton)
Envy:
If envy was not such a tearing thing to feel it would be the most comic of sins. It is usually, if not always, based on a complete misunderstanding of another person, situation. (Monica Furlong)
Envy takes the joy, happiness, and contentment out of living. (Billy Graham)
Too many Christians envy the sinners their pleasure and the saints their joy, because they don't have either one. (Martin Luther)
Envy is sin, and it punisheth itself like any other sin; for it fretteth the heart, shorteneth the life, and eateth the flesh. (Henry Smith)
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