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.
JOHN CALVINThere is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of 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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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
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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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When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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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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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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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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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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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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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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