Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
JOHN CALVINMen will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Man’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.
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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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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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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 must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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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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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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