There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
JOHN CALVINWhen the Bible speaks, God speaks.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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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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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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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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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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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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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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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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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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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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