When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
JOHN CALVINThe grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
More John Calvin Quotes
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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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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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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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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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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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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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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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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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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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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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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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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