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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.

John Calvin

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
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
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
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
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
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
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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Character Clothes God Ourselves Religious Right
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
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
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty

How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.

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