MOSES lost what the world prizes most, and gained what it shuns.
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Paul did not really begin to live until he had cast away what once he most prized.
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Moses chose “rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”
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Paul said of his tribulations that he gloried in them.
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Peter denied Christ with oaths, but before the first grey light of the morning wept bitterly and truly repented.
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Pilate would try to wash his hands of their stains, but it was all in vain: there was no true repentance.
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Stephen conquered, as he “looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the GLORY OF GOD.”
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The Lord Jesus Christ said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” As He spoke these triumphant words, He was nearing Gethsemane.
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The religion which leaves you to continue in sin in this world, will leave you to suffer the punishment of hell throughout eternity.