Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
JOHN CALVINTrue wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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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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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
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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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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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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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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
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