I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obed…

C. S. Lewis
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I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that? ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Perelandra, p.101, Simon and Schuster
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I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that? ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Perelandra, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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