It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to bel…

C. S. Lewis
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It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.288, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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