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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.

John Calvin

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Heart Myself Yourself
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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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Blessing God Responsibility
We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
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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Faith God Justice Men Right Sin Work
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
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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God Hope Ourselves Strength Weakness
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual

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