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Jesus "had agreed with the Father and the Holy Spirit, that there was no other way to reveal to the world the height of his omnipotence, than by his death" (p. 14).

"A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.... We are on the road to producing a race of man too mentally modest to believe in the multiplication table" (Chesterton, qtd. on p. 194).

"Read often of heaven and ask God to make you homesick for that everlasting city where the pure in heart will see him at last" (p. 95).

Imagine the consequences of sin. Powerful!

Defeat at Salamis. Xerxes returns humbled (and takes Esther as a queen).

Tudo que nós desejamos é baseado no modelo que nós admiramos.

Ch. 1 - Good. Sanctification is not optional.

Ch. 2 - Anyone who disagrees with his view is "Antinomian." He names names and gives stinging rebukes.

Ch. 3 - He leans heavily on the 3 divisions of the Law. "The Moral Law is God's blueprint for Christian living" (p. 20).

Ch. 4 - Shows the connection between love and law. The law reveals sin (Rom 3:20) and helps us see our guilt (Rom 5:20; 7:13).

Great chapter on the world, the flesh, and the devil.