If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
JOHN CALVINPeace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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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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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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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.
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