Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVINThe gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
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Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
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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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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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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
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Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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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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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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