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We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.

Warren W. Wiersbe

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Warren W. Wiersbe
Age: 89 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2019
Died: May 2
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
East Chicago
Indiana
Warren Wendall Wiersbe
Illumination
Obey
Instruction
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Don't waste your sufferings.
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