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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

John Calvin

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
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
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
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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Act Believe Book Faith Fools God Religious Word
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Action Election God Spirit Word Work
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
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

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