It is a scary thing to hear the truth and actually believe it as that. That it is not as happy as the smile it manufactures or as full as it claims to be. It tells the heart what the heart refuses to acknowledge.
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It was communicated through the world and the Word. If Savior, we trust.Īll of the above wasn’t discerned without help.
How we live is the evidence of what we believe about God. What the mouth doesn’t say, though, the heart still reveals. Not many people would dare call God a liar out loud, lest they be guilty of blasphemy and kept from forgiveness.
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