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.
JOHN CALVINAll true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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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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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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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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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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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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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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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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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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