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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

John Calvin

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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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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Evil Inspirational Miracle Religious Remember
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
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
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
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Death Exception God Suffering
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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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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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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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Discover Joy Suffering Yourself
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
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
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Destiny Determination Forever God Himself Men
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

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