The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
JOHN CALVINWhoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
More John Calvin Quotes
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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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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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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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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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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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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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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