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People pour themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
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Aiberdeen
People
Pour
Blast
Devoted
Doctrine
Jesus
Christ
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Preconceived
Ideas
Doctrines

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