The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
JOHN CALVINThe blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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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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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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