How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
JOHN CALVIN
JOHN CALVIN
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John Calvin92 quotes“How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.”
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
John CalvinJohn Calvin For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
John CalvinJohn Calvin Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Satan is an astute theologian.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling Rather than believe that Watson and Crick made the DNA structure, I would rather stress that the structure made Watson and Crick.
Francis CrickFrancis Crick It’s okay, girl, we’ll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We’re fallen angels who didn’t believe that nothing means nothing.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I believe that the time has arrived for medical investigation of the problems of manned rocket flight, for it will not be the engineering problems but rather the limits of the human frame that will make the final decision as to whether manned space flight will eventually become a reality.
Wernher von BraunWernher von Braun An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Believe and be confirmed.
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