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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.

John Calvin

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
JOHN CALVIN

Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Faith God Justice Men Right Sin Work
Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe God Idol Men Mindset
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVIN

Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
JOHN CALVIN

Blessing God Responsibility
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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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
JOHN CALVIN

Endurance Enjoyment Evil Luxury Preparation Yourself
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe Book Bright Light Men Religious Sun Way
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
JOHN CALVIN

Fade Fall God Knowledge Taste
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
JOHN CALVIN

Existence God Mistake Purity See Word

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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