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required.” In countries where the Word of
God is so abundantly available, God will hold
people more accountable for not knowing
Him and not availing themselves of His Word
— and God also expects believers who know
His Word to apply those Truths to our lives.
James 1:22 says, “But be ye doers of the
word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves.”
Because of the power of the Holy Spirit in a
believer’s life and because of the availability
of God’s standards of righteousness in
His Word, believers in this church age have
no excuse for a disobedient lifestyle, and
God will not empathize with those who
deliberately choose to disregard or ignore
His Word and His reproof and suffer the
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