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The Bible speaks of the sense of commission, which is doing what you should not do, instead of omission, which is not doing what you should do. It says in the book of James that if you know to do good and don't do it, it is sin.

Greg Laurie

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Greg Laurie
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: December 10
Pastor
Long Beach
California
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