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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

John Calvin

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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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
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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Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
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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Darkness God Men Misery Way

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