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No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated.

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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.
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Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.
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Biblical wisdom means living a disciplined and prudent life in the fear of the Lord
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The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.
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Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord?
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If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?
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To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.
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God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.
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We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.
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If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.
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Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption
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We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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If you want to know God as your Father, you need to know Jesus Christ as your Savior.
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Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.
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No matter how long we have been walking with Jesus, we need to hear again, do not love the world.
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Let us shout of our God from the rooftops, that the whole world would stand in silence before him.
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One of the signs that you are walking in the light is that you are honest about having walked in the darkness.
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Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience.
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Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.
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