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.
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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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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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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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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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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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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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 cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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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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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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