Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVINThe one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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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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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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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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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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