Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
JOHN CALVINA man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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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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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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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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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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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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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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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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