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title: "3 Christ Essence Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Preferring anything above Christ is the very essence of sin. It must be fought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/preferring-anything-above-christ-is-the-very-essence-of-sin-it-must/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [“According to his divine nature Christ is “one in essence” (homoousios) with God the Father; according to his human nature he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kallistos-ware/according-to-his-divine-nature-christ-is-one-in-essence-homoousios/)

[Kallistos Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kallistos-ware/)

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> [ Christ \[is\] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/christ-is-the-very-essence-of-all-delights-and-pleasures-the-very/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

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