Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
JOHN CALVINNothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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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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To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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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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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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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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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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