We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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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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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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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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