Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVINAll true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
More John Calvin Quotes
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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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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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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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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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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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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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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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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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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