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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

John Calvin

Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
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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Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
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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Desire Exception People Religious World
We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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God Happiness Men Seek
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth

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