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.
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.
JOHN CALVINHatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
JOHN CALVINThere is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
JOHN CALVINTo 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.
JOHN CALVINHow do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
JOHN CALVINWe should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
JOHN CALVINMy heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
JOHN CALVINIt is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
JOHN CALVINWe can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
JOHN CALVINWe should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
JOHN CALVINPrayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
JOHN CALVINThe one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
JOHN CALVINNothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVINHumility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVINThe 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.
JOHN CALVINWe must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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