Quotemeal: Apr. 24th, 1959

Friday, April 24, 1959

"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp."
— Leo the Great —
"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
— Thomas Traherne —
"If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?"
— Blaise Pascal —
"God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible — what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves."
— A. W. Tozer —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

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