Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVINMan’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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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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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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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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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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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 surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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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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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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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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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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