A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
JOHN CALVINHoliness 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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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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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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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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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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