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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

John Calvin

Hatred 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.
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Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
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
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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Endurance Enjoyment Evil Luxury Preparation Yourself
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Perseverance Prayer Result Wasted
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Expectation Faith God Himself Place Promise
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste
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
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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Humble Progress Sincere Spiritual
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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Food Laughter Music Satisfaction Wine
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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God Knowledge Learning Planning Wisdom
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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Born God Knowledge Obiedience True

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