Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil.
There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus.
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There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus.
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