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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

John Calvin

How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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Believe Creation Election God Himself World
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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Book Darkness God Religious View
Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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Life Ourselves Purity Spirit True
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
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Destroy Powerful Save
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Appearance God Human Love Person
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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Desire Exception People Religious World
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
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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Animal Book Oneself Path Religious Voice
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
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
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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Build Ourselves Visible
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
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Break Fall Himself Hurt Prayer
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

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