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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

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise
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
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Believe Creation Election God Himself World
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
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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Life Ourselves Purity Spirit True
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Fade Fall God Knowledge Taste
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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Give Up God Myself
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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God Happiness Men Seek
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
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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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand

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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