““The essence of the final crisis is no mere ritualistic observance, but absolute loyalty to the Christ of Calvary. Eden’s test seemed to be over an insignificant trifle, yet on the hinge of that trifle swung the door of destiny. The last test, as with the first, may also be over what at first seems trivial—but obedience to the exact requirements of the eternal God is the primary duty of all rational creatures. Only those constrained as Paul (2 Corinthians 5:14) and for the same reason are enabled to preserve the delicate balance of responsibility towards both God and man, avoiding the terrible brood of both pharisaism and antinomianism.””
![“refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and I lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one). —2 CORINTHIANS 10:5” quote by Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f85/joyce-meyer-123_knowledge-of-god_refute-arguments-and-theories-and-reason_129576.jpg)
![“Paul has, moreover, in the most lucid manner, pointed out that man has been delivered over to his own infirmity, lest, being uplifted, he might fall away from the truth. Thus he says in the second [Epistle] to the Corinthians: “And lest I should be lifted up by the sublimity of the revelations…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4c/the-church-fathers-1438_three-times_paul-has-moreover-in-the-most-lucid-mann_478019.jpg)
![“It [Communism] is not new. It is, in fact, man's second oldest faith. Its promise was whispered in the first days of the Creation under the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: "Ye shall be as gods." It is the great alternative faith of mankind. Like all great faiths, its force derives from a…” quote by Whittaker Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/391/whittaker-chambers-13841_communism_it-communism-is-not-new-it-is-in-fact-ma_160564.jpg)
