The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
JOHN CALVINMen are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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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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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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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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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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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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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
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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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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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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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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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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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