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.
JOHN CALVINThe fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
More John Calvin Quotes
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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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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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Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
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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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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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A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
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We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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Satan is an astute theologian.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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