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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.

John Calvin

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Excellence Live Purity Religious
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
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
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God Hope Ourselves Strength Weakness
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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Change Faith God Prayer Religious
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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God Happiness Men Seek
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
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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Believe Faith Perfection
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
A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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Fools Himself Idiot Men
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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Evil God Himself Kind Preparation Unique Worth
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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Book God Religious Talk
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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Act Believe Book Faith Fools God Religious Word
Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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Darkness God Men Misery Way
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth

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