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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

John Calvin

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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Food Laughter Music Satisfaction Wine
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
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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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
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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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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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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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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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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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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