Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
JOHN CALVINPrayer is the chief exercise of faith.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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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.
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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