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title: "6 Close Jesus Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Close Jesus quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Close Jesus sayings and thoughts."
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> [If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-would-be-holy-you-must-live-close-to-jesus/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-think-you-can-walk-in-holiness-without-keeping-up-perpetual/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Learn to keep close to Jesus, to listen to His voice, and follow Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/learn-to-keep-close-to-jesus-to-listen-to-his-voice-and-follow-him/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/one-day-i-met-a-lady-who-was-dying-of-cancer-in-a-most-terrible/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“We can say all the right things about the Bible, and even read it regularly, but when life gets difficult, or just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/we-can-say-all-the-right-things-about-the-bible-and-even-read-it/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [I think that you're just as close to Jesus if you use the equipment he gave you other than to call on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/i-think-that-you-re-just-as-close-to-jesus-if-you-use-the-equipment/)

[John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/)

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