When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
JOHN CALVINSometimes 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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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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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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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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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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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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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 cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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