{"product_id":"all-things-for-good","title":"All Things for Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Watson’s book \u003cem\u003eAll Things for Good \u003c\/em\u003eprovides the biblical answer to the contemporary question, Why do bad things happen to good people?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Watson, the 17th century minister of St. Stephen’s Walbrook, believed he faced two great difficulties in his pastoral ministry. The first was making the unbeliever sad, in the recognition of his need of God’s grace. The second was making the believer joyful in response to God’s grace. He believed the answer to the second difficulty could be found in Paul’s teaching in Romans 8.28: God works all things together for good for his people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1663 under the title \u003cem\u003eA Divine Cordial\u003c\/em\u003e, the year after Watson and some two thousand other ministers were ejected from the Church of England and exposed to hardship and suffering, \u003cem\u003eAll Things For Good\u003c\/em\u003e contains the rich exposition of a man who lived when only faith in God’s Word could lead him to such confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Watson’s exposition is always simple, illuminating and rich in practical application. He explains that both the best and the worst experiences work for the good of God’s people. He carefully analyses what it means to be someone who ‘loves God’ and is ‘called according to his purpose.’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI. THE BEST THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe attributes of God \u003cbr\u003eThe promises of God \u003cbr\u003eThe mercies of God \u003cbr\u003eThe graces of the Spirit \u003cbr\u003eThe angels of God \u003cbr\u003eThe communion of Saints \u003cbr\u003eThe intercession of Christ \u003cbr\u003eThe prayers of Saints \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eII. THE WORST THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe evil of affliction \u003cbr\u003eThe evil of temptation \u003cbr\u003eThe evil of desertion \u003cbr\u003eThe evil of sin \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIII. WHY ALL THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reason why all things work for good \u003cbr\u003eInferences from this proposition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIV. OF LOVE TO GOD \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of love\u003cbr\u003eThe ground of love \u003cbr\u003eThe kinds of love \u003cbr\u003eThe properties of love\u003cbr\u003eThe degrees of love. Use: A reproof to those who do not love God \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eV. THE TESTS OF LOVE TO GOD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LOVE GOD \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn exhortation to become lovers of God – twenty motives for loving God\u003cbr\u003eAn exhortation to preserve your love to God \u003cbr\u003eAn exhortation to increase your love to God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVII. EFFECTUAL CALLING \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA distinction about calling\u003cbr\u003eOur condition before we are called \u003cbr\u003eThe means of our effectual calling \u003cbr\u003eThe method God uses in calling sinners \u003cbr\u003eThe properties of this effectual calling \u003cbr\u003eThe end of effectual calling. Use: An exhortation to make your calling sure \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVIII. EXHORTATIONS TO THEM WHO ARE CALLED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdmire God’s free grace\u003cbr\u003ePity those who are not yet called \u003cbr\u003eWalk worthy of your high calling \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIX. CONCERNING GOD’S PURPOSE \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod’s purpose is the cause of salvation \u003cbr\u003eGod’s purpose is the ground of assurance \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53009983373623,"sku":"gak1789815455890","price":5.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/8910\/4695\/files\/all-things-for-good_1.jpg?v=1789815460","url":"https:\/\/effortlesschicclad.shop\/products\/all-things-for-good","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}