True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVINNo man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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 I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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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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Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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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.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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