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Temptation gains power by persistent solicitations that beget thoughts that make evil less serious


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Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.

Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.



If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.

If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.



If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.

If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.



Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.

Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.



Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.

Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.



Be killing sin or it will be killing you.

Be killing sin or it will be killing you.



We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.

We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.



The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word



We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.



If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.

If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.





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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.

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And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.



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I wouldn't say I'm bigger than Jesus. If I had to guess, I'd say probably, yeah, but as far as I know, the bible is never clear on this.

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