In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to
see the difference between things; and it is Christ that gives us
light.
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A.W. TOZER To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.
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A.W. TOZER Justice is not something God has. Justice is something that God is.
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