Quotemeal: Nov. 24th, 1961

Friday, November 24, 1961

"God has given us rules not because He is arbitrary, but because the rules... are fixed in His own character.... Thus, when we sin we break the law of God... in the direction of destroying what we really are."
— Francis Schaeffer

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— Malcom Muggeridge —
"We cannot live with bitterness because it will first manifest itself in our spirit, then in our emotions, and finally in our bodies."
— Tom Drout —

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Illustration of Francis Schaeffer — "God has given us rules not because He is arbitrary, but because the rules... are fixed in His own character.... Thus, when we sin we break the law of God... in the direction of destroying what we really are."

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