Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
JOHN CALVINFaith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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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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Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
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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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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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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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