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.
JOHN CALVINWhatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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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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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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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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The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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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.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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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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