When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
JOHN CALVINWe 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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