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.
JOHN CALVINLet our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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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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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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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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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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