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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.

John Calvin

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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Alone Beyond Perfection Satisfaction
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
We 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.
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Experience Joy Meditation Recognition Sorrow Suffering
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
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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Existence God Mistake Purity See Word
There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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Desire Exception People Religious World
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
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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God Himself Need Ourselves Prayer Right Thinking
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
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
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Destruction Men Pride
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
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.

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