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John 12:42-43
Thesemen feared that, if they committed themselves to loving God, they would lose the approbation of their religious peers. If they stepped out, they would lose what they already had. So it kept them from loving God, and of course, it kept them from loving man too because God would have given them growth if they had continued yielding to Him.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Love's Greatest ChallengesRelated Topics: Approbation of Peers | Fear of Loss | Fear of Loss to our Ego | Love's Greatest Challenges | Loving Brother | Loving Mankind | Peer pressure | Yielding to God | Yielding to God leads to Growth
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