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“I Believe that I Cannot Believe…”

Posted on February 26, 2011 by theoldadam

Can one come to believe in God by his or her own strength, effort, will, or reason?

**Can you size Him up and make a decision for Him? Can you choose to make Him your ‘personal Lord and Savior’?**

Find out what Luther said about it, here:

click here> Strength-and-Effort-to-choose-Jesus

( it starts out a little fuzzy but clears up after 15 seconds – if you can give this one 10 minutes of your time, you will not regret it )

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