Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
JOHN CALVINFaith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
More John Calvin Quotes
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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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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