We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
JOHN CALVINIf a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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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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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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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.
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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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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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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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