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Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life

Abraham Kuyper

An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Allow Authority Follow Respect Sovereignty State
A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and your resourcefulness to help end such abuses for good,
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Cancer Christian Free Guilty Love Lying Money Only
But within these spheres … another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.
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Among Authority Descend Mutual Relationship Sphere
It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Changing External Frequenting Impure World
He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
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Aim Employed Glory God Service Strictly
The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Dark Diamond Glasses Light Piece Scripture Soon Strike
… we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation….
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Gratefully Hand Institution Liberty Mean Stat
On the other hand … by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state.
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Danger Hand Personal Virtue
It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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Bible Christ Church Community Hand Impossible
To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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Bear Bible Creation Homage Witness
The question is not if the candidate’s heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!
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Candidate Christ Heart Name Out Speaks Starting
The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Christian Church Families Gift Group Jesus Responsibility
And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Beauty Birth Flower God Kind Trust
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin.
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Battle Condition Fire Principle Run Running Winning
The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.
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Flight Longer Monastic Life Rest Sinful Upon World
We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom
ABRAHAM KUYPER

Art Business Doe Grace Science Sphere Understand

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life

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