When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
JOHN CALVINNo man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
More John Calvin Quotes
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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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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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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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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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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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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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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