Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
JOHN CALVINWe 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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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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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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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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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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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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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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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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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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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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 excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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