When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
JOHN CALVINThe 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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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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The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
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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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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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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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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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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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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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