We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
JOHN CALVINThe first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
More John Calvin Quotes
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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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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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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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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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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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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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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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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Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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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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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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