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.
JOHN CALVINMen 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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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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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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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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Satan is an astute theologian.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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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Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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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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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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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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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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