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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

John Calvin

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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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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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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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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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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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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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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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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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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