Quotemeal: Sep. 8th, 1954

Wednesday, September 8, 1954

"Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us."
— John Owen

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Illustration of John Owen — "Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us."

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