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title: "10 God Scripture Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“Second, we are to discover this purpose of God in Scripture. The will of God for the people is in the Word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-w-stott/second-we-are-to-discover-this-purpose-of-god-in-scripture-the-will/)

[John R.W. Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-w-stott/)

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> [Scripture doesn't speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/scripture-doesn-t-speak-of-people-who-found-god-scripture-speaks-of/)

[Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-held-evans/)

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> [Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/those-who-would-like-the-god-of-scripture-to-be-more-purely-ethical/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [“Meeting God in scripture has been like a divine intravenous feeding for me - a celestial I.V. that my son once described…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-t-holland/meeting-god-in-scripture-has-been-like-a-divine-intravenous-feeding/)

[Patricia T. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-t-holland/)

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> [“The Bible describes a God who is a thousand things to His children, even though some of these are beyond our ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/the-bible-describes-a-god-who-is-a-thousand-things-to-his-children/)

[Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/)

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> [“God has a divine purpose for the current age. I will demonstrate that this purpose relates both to Israel and to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rhodes/god-has-a-divine-purpose-for-the-current-age-i-will-demonstrate-that/)

[Ron Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rhodes/)

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> [“A man may sooner engrave the chronicle of a whole nation, or all the records of God in the Scripture upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-symington/a-man-may-sooner-engrave-the-chronicle-of-a-whole-nation-or-all-the/)

[William Symington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-symington/)

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> [God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/god-must-speak-to-us-before-we-have-any-liberty-to-speak-to-him-he/)

[John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/)

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> [“The fascinating thing about the dream of the sailcloth let down from heaven, containing creatures forbidden to a Jew, was that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-fascinating-thing-about-the-dream-of-the-sailcloth-let-down-from/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“The triune God of Scripture lives! He is not static. He is not lifeless. He is not bored. He is not boring.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-rigney/the-triune-god-of-scripture-lives-he-is-not-static-he-is-not-lifeless/)

[Joe Rigney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-rigney/)

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