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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

John Calvin

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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Believe God Idol Men Mindset
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Believe Creation Election God Himself World
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand
Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Evil God Himself Kind Preparation Unique Worth

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