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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

It is harder to deny proud self than sinful self (James Hervey).
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What the Holy Spirit does in the new birth is not to make a man a Christian regardless of the evidence, but on the contrary to clear away the mists from his eyes and enable him to attend to the evidence.
Gresham Machen