We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
JOHN CALVINI gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
More John Calvin Quotes
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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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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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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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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No 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.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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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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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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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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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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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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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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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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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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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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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 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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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The 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.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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