The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
JOHN CALVINNothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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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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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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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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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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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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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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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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