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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.

John Calvin

You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
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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Darkness God Men Misery Way
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
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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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious

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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