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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.
John CalvinJohn 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
John CalvinJohn Calvin God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
John CalvinJohn Calvin You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin 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.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
John CalvinJohn Calvin My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
John CalvinJohn Calvin When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
John CalvinJohn Calvin
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