. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowa…

Neal A. Maxwell
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. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him, neither can we. The best people have a heightened awareness of what little of the worst is still in them! Indeed, the divine discontent, the justifiable spiritual restlessness that we feel, is a natural follow-on feeling in the disciple who has taken the Lord's counsel to make you a new heart and a new spirit. (Ezekiel 18:31.)
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