There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
JOHN CALVINThe 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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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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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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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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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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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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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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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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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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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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