Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
J. C. RYLE
J. C. RYLE
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“Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.”
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