There are few promises in the Bible sweeter than this: “We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). This is a promise of great blessing, but it is not a promise that extends to all humanity. Rather, it comes with conditions. All things work together for good to those who a) love God and b) are called according to his purpose. So what of those who do not love God and are not called according to his purpose? We must expect that for these, all things will not work together for good; in fact, all things will ultimately work together for their harm.
In his book All Things for Good (also known as A Divine Cordial) Thomas Watson focuses on God’s great blessing of worship—the God of all the universe allows and invites mere human beings to worship him!—to show how even something so good will work to the harm of those who neither know nor love God.
All Things for Harm
The ministers of God work for the hurt of those who do not love God. God’s faithful preachers summon
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