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One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect f...more

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May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner.

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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

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I am sure of God's hand and guidance... You must never doubt that I am thankful and glad to go the way which I am being led. My past life is abundantl...more

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If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else responsible.

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We should never argue with the devil about our sins, but we should speak about our sins only with Jesus.

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While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.

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In confession occurs the breakthrough of the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want to be my own law, I have a right to my self, my hat...more

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Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is holy and sinless, He is a just judge of evil and the ene...more

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If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinful...more

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Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smalles...more

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The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ, is that he is more clearly awa...more

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The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself under the words of the spirit (i.e. in the name of 'ev...more

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When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followe...more