All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
JOHN CALVINWe must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
More John Calvin Quotes
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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To 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.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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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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