Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
JOHN CALVINNo 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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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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In knowing God, each of us also knows 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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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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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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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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