There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
JOHN CALVINTo be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
More John Calvin Quotes
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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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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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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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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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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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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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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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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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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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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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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