and Saint A. B. Simpson. We get the idea that God answered prayer for them because they were really good. They would deny that fervently if they were here. Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Having fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayer it’s because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That’s the source of everything. These are the only grounds upon which anybody has ever
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