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God is my objective(0)

May 15, 2013

God is the  meditation of my  heart and  my  inheritance, that I await, long for and  delight in. He is the objective I have set myself, the whole reason for my efforts. He, God himself, is the  inheritance I plan  to bring to a  home of right-ordered love, that  he may sup with me and [...]

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Free Choice: A God Given Right

Free choice is something clearly divine which shines forth in the soul like a jewel set in gold. From it the soul derives its power of judgment, and its option of choosing between good and evil, between life and death, in fact between light and darkness, and any other concepts which are perceived by the [...]

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Our proper occupation

Our proper occupation is knowing and loving God, and, not least, delighting in such knowledge and love. We have been made in the image and likeness of God for the sake of this knowledge and love; and by means of them we are made new and formed again to God’s image and likeness: through understanding [...]

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Three Comings of Christ

We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other two. It is invisible, while the other two are visible. In the first coming he was seen on earth, dwelling among men; he himself testifies that they saw him and hated him. In the final coming all flesh will [...]

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