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• The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

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  Excellence, Church, Doe

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Isaiah”, p.102, Ravenio Books

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• Satan is an astute theologian.

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  Satan, Astute, Theologian

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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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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

  "The Value of Convenience: Genealogy of Technical Culture". Book by Thomas F. Tierney (p. 128), 1993.

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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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  Jesus, Believe, World

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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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• The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

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  Doctrine, Tongue

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.20, Baker Books

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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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• True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

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  Self, Two, Knowledge Of God

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  God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.

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  Race, Punishment, Justice

  "Civility: A Cultural History". Book by Benet Davetian (p. 157), April 18, 2009.

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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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• 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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• We cannot rely on God's promises without obeying his commandments.

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  Promise, Rely, Obeying

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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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• Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

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  Prayer, Exercise, Chiefs

  John Calvin (2015). “Commentary on Daniel”, p.353, Ravenio Books

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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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• 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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  Luxury, Evil, Ease

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• God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

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  Two, Way, Spirit

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.285, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

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  Justify, Not Alone

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.198, Oxford University Press

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• The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

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  Mean, Sheep, Two

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistles To Timothy, Titus And Philemon (Annotated Edition)”, p.262, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

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  Prayer, Powerful, Men

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• Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.

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  Church, Faults, Heard

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• The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

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  Men, Destruction, Source

  John Calvin (2014). “Obtaining the Grace of Christ: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 3)”, p.235, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

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  Goal, Forever, Glory

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• We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

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  Wine, Laughing, Drink

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• There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.

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  Knowing, Doe, Knowing God

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