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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

  John Calvin

  Adversity, Men, Matter

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Isaiah”, p.670, Ravenio Books

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• Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Dominion, Riches

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Luke”, p.389, Ravenio Books

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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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  Worship, Giver, Idolatry

  John Calvin “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion”, Westminster John Knox Press

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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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  People, Desire, Groups

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• Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.

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  Love, Hate, Blessing

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• 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.

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  Men, Light, Way

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• Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

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  Justification, True Religion, Turns

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• The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.

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  Spiritual, Humble, Progress

  John Calvin, Henry Van Andel (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.23, Baker Books

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• Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated from the righteousness of God that he cannot conceive, desire, or design any thing but what is wicked, distorted, foul, impure, and iniquitous; that his heart is so thoroughly envenomed by sin that it can breathe out nothing but corruption and rottenness; that if some men occasionally make a show of goodness, their mind is ever interwoven with hypocrisy and deceit, their soul inwardly bound with the fetters of wickedness.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Men, Hypocrisy

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.299, Jazzybee Verlag

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• When the Bible speaks, God speaks.

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  Speak

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• Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.

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  Powerful, Christ, Adam

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.119, Ravenio Books

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• We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

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  Kingdoms, Invisible, Midst

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• Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

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  Grace, Liberty, Doe

  John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.134, Lulu.com

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• We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

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  Christian Inspirational, Miracle, Remember

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• That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought superior to them, but reckons it enough that he is one of the members of Christ, and desires nothing more than that the Head alone should be exalted.

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  Humble, Men, Sight

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Matthew”, p.360, Ravenio Books

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• The happiness promised us in Christ does not consist in outward advantages-such as leading a joyous and peaceful life, having rich possessions, being safe from all harm, and abounding with delights such as the flesh commonly longs after. No, our happiness belongs to the heavenly life!

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  Peaceful, Doe, Delight

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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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  Charity, Faults, Insult

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.33, Baker Books

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• Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

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  Humility, Pride, Men

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai (Annotated Edition)”, p.48, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

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  Bowels, Defects, Looseness

  John Calvin (2002). “The Bondage and Liberation of the Will (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought): A Defence of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice against Pighius”, p.61, Baker Books

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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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  Prayer, Thinking, Wish

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Gospels Vol. 1 (Annotated Edition)”, p.321, Jazzybee Verlag

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• When our faith is tested by suffering "as gold is tried in a furnace" and we depend with confidence on God and rely entirely on his help, we will be granted the most excellent gift of patience and through faith we may victoriously persevere to the end.

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  Faith, Religious, Suffering

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• Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

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  Doe, Suspense, Delay

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on the Gospel of John”, p.57, Ravenio Books

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• Without the Gospel everything is useless and vain.

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  Useless, Vain

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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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  Believe, Men, Idols

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• No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

  John Calvin

  Men, Spirit, Revelations

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Isaiah”, p.1139, Ravenio Books

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