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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

John Calvin

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
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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Change Design Forgiveness Heart Himself Spirit
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
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Extraordinary God Men Spirit
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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Blessing Enjoyment Imagination Powerful Rule
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
Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
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Fade Fall God Knowledge Taste
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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Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
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Dog God Myself Silence Truth
Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
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Fear God Heart Himself Men Mercy Sincere Understand Worship
Satan is an astute theologian.
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Devil Evil One Liner
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
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Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Beginning Deep God Religious Spiritual Wisdom
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

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