In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
JOHN CALVINSatan is an astute theologian.
More John Calvin Quotes
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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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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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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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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