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Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

Timothy Keller

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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.
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