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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

John Calvin

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.
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Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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God Humility Men Pride Spirit
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Book God Religious Talk
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
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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Believe God Idol Men Mindset
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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Enjoyment Forever Glory Goal Ourselves
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
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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Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
A 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.
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Faith God Justice Men Right Sin Work
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Cruel God Judgement Nation Rule

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