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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

John Calvin

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Action Belief Fly Inspirational Learning Myself
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
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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God Goodness Grace Heart Joy
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
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Believe Book Bright Light Men Religious Sun Way
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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Grace Human Liberty
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
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
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

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