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.
JOHN CALVINThe Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
More John Calvin Quotes
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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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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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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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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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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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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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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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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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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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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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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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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