There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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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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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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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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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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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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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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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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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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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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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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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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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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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.
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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 cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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