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title: "6 Rebelling God Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/neither-son-loved-the-father-for-himself-they-both-were-using-the/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [“Much of our brokenness comes from resisting and rebelling against God’s call to become a fully mature human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-scott/much-of-our-brokenness-comes-from-resisting-and-rebelling-against-god/)

[Kevin Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-scott/)

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> [Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinesh-d-souza/look-at-satan-s-reason-for-rebelling-against-god-it-s-not-that-he/)

[Dinesh D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinesh-d-souza/)

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> [Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/careful-obedience-to-god-s-law-may-serve-as-a-strategy-for-rebelling/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/we-cannot-enter-into-the-presence-of-god-while-we-are-rebelling/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

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> [“In her, as an Alexandrian, licence was in a curious way a form of self-abnegation, a travesty of freedom; and if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-durrell/in-her-as-an-alexandrian-licence-was-in-a-curious-way-a-form-of-self/)

[Lawrence Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-durrell/)

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