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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

John Calvin

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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Death Exception God Suffering
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Action Election God Spirit Word Work
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
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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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
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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Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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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Gift God Himself Religious
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves

The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

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