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141 " We can love anyone at a safe distance, but loving people in the thick of their mess takes the supernatural love of Jesus working in us. "
― Alisa Hope Wagner
142 " Verse 12 [of Ex. 12) tells us that the judgment of Yahweh is not only on the Egyptians but also on their deities. This is probably an allusion to the fact that Egyptians would often pray for the safety of their firstborn, particularly firstborn sons, as was the custom in many ancient patriarchal cultures. The death of the firstborn would be seen as a sign of the anger or perhaps the impotence of their gods. This is worth pondering when it comes to the death of Jesus as God’s only begotten, or beloved, Son. Would Jesus’ contemporaries have assumed his death was a manifestation of God’s wrath? Probably so. In any event, Yahweh is showing his superiority over the spirits behind the pagan deities, and thus we should not overlook the supernatural struggle that is implied to be behind the contest of wills between Moses and Pharaoh. "
― Ben Witherington III , Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper
143 " A difficult journey is spiritual rewarding.There is a more dependence on God, His supernatural power, grace and divine favour long the travel. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita
144 " Roots cannot grow into trees if there are no supernatural elements in the soil. Man cannot grow wealthy and famous if he doesn't contribute to either, the good or evil. "
― Michael Bassey Johnson
145 " Already he knew something of the history of the intervening years. He had heard now of the moral decay that had followed the collapse of supernatural religion in the minds of ignoble man, the decline of public honour, the ascendency of wealth. For men who had lost their belief in God had still kept their faith in property, and wealth ruled a venial world. "
― H.G. Wells , When the Sleeper Wakes