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John MacArthur Study Bible: "The essence of repentance is an aggressive pursuit of holiness...."

"'I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it" (George Muller as quoted in Piper, Desiring God, 142).

"...the devil... has an insatiable appetite to destroy one thing: the joy of faith. But the Holy Spirit has given us a sword called the Word of God....for the defense of our joy" (144).

"...when Satan huggs and puffs and tries to blow out the flame of [my] joy, [I] have an endless supply of kindling in the Word of God" (144).

Why do I accept the Bible as the reliable Word of God? (144)

"...freedom from the slavery of sin.... is freedom for holiness" (149).