Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
JOHN CALVINA man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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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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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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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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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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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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