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

John Calvin

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
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
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
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
We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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God Promise Religious Rule
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Faith Fire Ourselves Quality
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Book Life Religious Tongue Value
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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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
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
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
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.
JOHN CALVIN

Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
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

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