Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVINWhen God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
More John Calvin Quotes
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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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 grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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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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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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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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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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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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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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