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.
JOHN CALVINThose who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
More John Calvin Quotes
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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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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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
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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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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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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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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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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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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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