The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
JOHN CALVINThere is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
More John Calvin Quotes
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The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
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Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
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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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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
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Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
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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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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
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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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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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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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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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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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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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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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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
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The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.
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The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
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