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chapters 7-9. probably the most significant and challenging so far

difficult

this thing keeps staring me down from across the room and every time i open this app

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Reading for school. Actually really helpful so far for understanding the OT, especially the role of the prophets.

great points from everyone so far

"God knoweth that ye are his own.
Wrestle, fight, go forward, watch, fear, believe, pray; and then ye have all the infallible symptoms of one of the elect of Christ within you.

Acquaint yourself with Christ's love, and ye shall not miss to find new goldmines and treasures in Christ.
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No pen, no word, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus."

Samuel Rutherford

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"Whether God come to his children with a rod or a crown, if he come himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus, what may soever thou come, if we can get a sight of thee: and sure I am, it is better to be sick, providing Christ come to the bedside and draw the curtains, and say, Courage, I am thy salvation, than to enjoy health, being lusty and strong and never need to be visited of God."

The doctrine of Divine Simplicity is certainly challenging, but it does pose a valid point. As Anselm puts it, "If God does not contain all things, then he would seem to be contained by something." Or as John of Damascus puts it, "If God is not over all things, then he does seem to be one of the things that is, rather than the supra-essential essence."

"It would be strange indeed if God were not strange" - G.O.