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To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles.
John Nelson Darby
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John Nelson Darby
Age: 81 †
Born: 1800
Born: November 18
Died: 1882
Died: April 29
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The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the dust of death, man's hatred, God's desertion, and Satan's power we find Him there at the cost of everything. Everything that was against us was done away. By one man's obedience many are made righteous.
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The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.
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I can say, Christ has been my only object thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ.
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This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head.
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Separation from evil is the necessary first principle of communion with Him ... Separation from evil is His principle of unity
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