"The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ....."
"God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself..."
"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things."
"[Paul, continuing his address to the council of the city of Athens: "God's] purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way...."
"Dear Disciple,
You have received grace. I died for you when you were "far from God... powerless... weak... wasting [y]our lives in sin" and "in the....."
"Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off...."
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