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.
JOHN CALVINWe should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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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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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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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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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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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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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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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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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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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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