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"Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me. If any man will do His will, He shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself."
John 7:16-17
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St. John Chrysostom: ON SCRIPTURE
"But some one will say, 'it is to the priests that these charges are given' ... But that the apostle gives the same charge to the laity, hear what he says in another epistle to other than the priesthood: 'Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.'"
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Thomas Wilson
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QUOTATIONS: WORDS OF WISDOM by John Calvin
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John Calvin (1509-1564)
John Calvin, 1509-1564, was a French Protestant Reformer; also known as Jean Calvin, Juan Calvino, and Giovanni Calvino. He authored the famous treatise, "Institutes of the Christian Religion."
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Against Pretences of Human Merit and Power of Free Will "Without Me You Can Do Nothing" (John 15:5):
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"'I am the vine,' says He, 'ye are the branches. My Father is the husbandman. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me. For without me ye can do nothing.' (John 15:1,4-5). If we cannot bear fruit of ourselves, anymore than a branch can bud after it is torn up from the ground, and deprived of moisture, we must no longer seek for any aptitude in our nature to that which is good. There is no ambiguity in this conclusion, 'Without me ye can do nothing.' He does not say that we are too weak to be sufficient for ourselves, but reducing us to nothing, excludes every idea of ability, however diminutive." - John Calvin
read online: "Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin
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Vindication of Separating from False Brethren, Churches & Teachers of Unbiblical Doctrines (Romans 16:17):
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"Let them now go and clamour against us as heretics for having withdrawn from their Church, since the only cause of our estrangement is, that they cannot tolerate a pure profession of the truth. I say nothing of their having expelled us by anathemas and curses. The fact is more than sufficient to excuse us, unless they would also make schismatics of the apostles, with whom we have our common cause. Christ, I say, forewarned his apostles, 'they shall put you out of the synagogues' (John 16: 2). ... it is certain that we were cast out, and we are prepared to show that this was done for the name of Christ ... to me it is enough that we behoved to withdraw from them in order to draw near to Christ." - John Calvin
read online: "Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin
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