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title: "10 Likeness Christ Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [It is not so much great talents that God blesses, as great likeness to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/it-is-not-so-much-great-talents-that-god-blesses-as-great-likeness-to/)

[Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/)

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> [The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-man-who-is-deeply-discontented-with-himself-is-probably-growing/)

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

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> [“I delight in M'Cheyne's remark, "It is not so much great talents that God blesses, as great likeness to Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/i-delight-in-m-cheyne-s-remark-it-is-not-so-much-great-talents-that/)

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

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> [“As you worry less about going through conflict and focus more on growing through conflict, you will enhance that process and experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-sande/as-you-worry-less-about-going-through-conflict-and-focus-more-on/)

[Ken Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-sande/)

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> [“It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of a believer’s mental representation of God, for the way you imagine God largely determines the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/it-s-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-importance-of-a-believer-s-mental/)

[Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/)

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> [My prayer for you is that you may grow in the likeness of Christ, being real carriers of God's love and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/my-prayer-for-you-is-that-you-may-grow-in-the-likeness-of-christ/)

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

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> [“But attendance, busyness, construction, finances, and programs are not real indications of success. The core question of effectiveness — the question that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-putman/but-attendance-busyness-construction-finances-and-programs-are-not/)

[Jim Putman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-putman/)

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> [It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretia-mott/it-is-time-that-christians-were-judged-more-by-their-likeness-to/)

[Lucretia Mott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretia-mott/)

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> [Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/others-of-them-employ-outward-marks-they-style-themselves-gnostics/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

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> [“Part of what we pick up in looking at Jesus in the gospel is a way of viewing the whole world. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/part-of-what-we-pick-up-in-looking-at-jesus-in-the-gospel-is-a-way-of/)

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

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