This was like watching murder. Defilement. And it was something worse than either of those things. Even among his family, black trade as they were, books were holy things.
He [Jesus] knew no sin. Do you realize this? There has never been one moment in your life_ not one moment in your life that wasn__ tainted by sin. And yet, there never was a moment in His life that was tainted by sin! Someone asked me a long time ago, "What is the greatest sin you can commit?" And all of a sudden it just popped in my head so I said it_ I said, __ell, I suppose the greatest sin you could commit is to break the greatest commandment that__ ever been given: to love the Lord your God with all you heart, soul, mind, and strength._ Do you realize there__ never been one moment in your life that you have loved God as God ought to be loved? To even suggest that you have is paramount to blasphemy. You have never loved God in a way that God deserves to be loved. But there was never one moment in the life of the man Jesus Christ that He did not love God as God deserves to be loved! You think Jesus is great? He__ greater than you know...
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He [Jesus] knew no sin. Do you realize this? There has never been one moment in your life_ not one moment in your life that wasn__ tainted by sin. And yet, there never was a moment in His life that was tainted by sin! Someone asked me a long time ago, "What is the greatest sin you can commit?" And all of a sudden it just popped in my head so I said it_ I said, __ell, I suppose the greatest sin you could commit is to break the greatest commandment that__ ever been given: to love the Lord your God with all you heart, soul, mind, and strength._ Do you realize there__ never been one moment in your life that you have loved God as God ought to be loved? To even suggest that you have is paramount to blasphemy. You have never loved God in a way that God deserves to be loved. But there was never one moment in the life of the man Jesus Christ that He did not love God as God deserves to be loved! You think Jesus is great? He__ greater than you know...
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