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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

John Calvin

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Destiny Determination Forever God Himself Men
We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
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.
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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Confidence Inspirational Ourselves Worst
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Fade Fall God Knowledge Taste
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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Forever Glory God Justice Mercy Punishment Race Sin
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Beginning Faith Humility Intelligence True
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Action Election God Spirit Word Work
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

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