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.
JOHN CALVINWherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
More John Calvin Quotes
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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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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Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
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Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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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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Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
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