For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
JOHN CALVINFor what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
JOHN CALVINWe cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
JOHN CALVINThe gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
JOHN CALVINHumility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVINWhomever 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.
JOHN CALVINFaith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
JOHN CALVINIt is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
JOHN CALVINNo man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
JOHN CALVINWherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
JOHN CALVINPrayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
JOHN CALVINThings that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVINA perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
JOHN CALVINThere is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
JOHN CALVINWhen I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
JOHN CALVINThe excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
JOHN CALVINNothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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