"GOD'S RULE IS FOR MAN'S GOOD"--NICHOL/WHITESIDE

                              GOD'S RULE IS FOR MAN'S GOOD

               "God seeks the present and eternal good of man's good;

                        Satan seeks  the present corruption and eternal ruin

               of man. It must be evident to every man who believes

                       God, that whatever God requires of man is for man's

               good. His commands grow out of man's needs. " It is not in

                      man that walketh to direct his steps.: (Jeremiah 10:23),

               hence God  in His mercy and benevolence supplies man's

                     most urgent and fundemental needs by directing his

              steps. God's rule therefore is benevolent, not  tyrannical;

                    and His commands are manifestations of His grace,

             and not antagonistic to it."

Nichol/Whiteside