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“The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart.”

Quote by John Calvin

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

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Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

This book is a classic work that delves into the spiritual and ethical aspects of Christian life, offering insights into the path to spiritual growth and salvation. more

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John Calvin (July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564) was a significant figure in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the founder of the Calvinist branch of Protestantism. He was a theologian, philosopher, and Christian reformer whose theological ideas had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more

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“Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.”

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Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.”

Certain Enjoy Powerful Imagine Conditions Divine Blessing Suggestions Deposits

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others we should behave as stewards who must someday give an account of ourselves.”

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Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.”

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Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it.”

Christian Industry Fortune Prosperity Acknowledge Good Fortune Diligence

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail to his good pleasure. If we put ourselves in such a frame of mind, then, whatever may happen to us, we shall never feel miserable or accuse God falsely because of our lot.”

Ifs Feels Mind May Happens Pleasure Lord Willing Details Miserable Denied Resigned Frame Of Mind

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.”

Circumstances Goodness Mercy Believer Faithful Goodness Of God

Author:John Calvin

“For we are not all equally afflicted with the same disease or all in need of the same severe cure. This is the reason why we see different persons disciplined with different crosses. The heavenly Physician takes care of the well-being of all his patients; he gives some a milder medicine and purifies others by more shocking treatments, but he omits no one; for the whole world, without exception, is ill (Deut 32:15).”

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have been hardened in their evil doings?”

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Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction.”

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Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life