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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

John Calvin

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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Alone Faith Justice Religious Wisdom
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
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
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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Inspirational Joy Man Nature Spiritual World
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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Beyond God Greatness Human Understand
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Exercise Faith Prayer
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
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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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
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
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
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Act Effort God Goodness Willing
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious

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