The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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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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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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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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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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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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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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