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Quotes About Judgment

Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
~ John Bunyan
One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.
~ John Bunyan
Some say, that Signor Bononcini,Compared to Handel's a mere ninny;Others aver, to him, that HandelIs scarcely fit to hold a candle.Strange! that such high dispute should be'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
~ John Byrom
When people point fingers at someone else, they should remember that three fingers are pointing back at them.
~ John Bytheway
A man with experience is never at the mercy of a man with an opinion.
~ John Bytheway
I've noticed that there is danger in spending all this time writing about those "publicans and sinners" over there in the great and spacious building. If our spot near the tree of life becomes a Rameumptom where we congratulate each other on our chosen-ness and look down on everyone else, then we're occupying nothing more than a branch office of the great and spacious.
~ John Bytheway
I answered, "Because you want them. In the eternal scheme of things that will be of inestimable and eternal value." The Lord has said that he "will judge all men according to their works; according to the desire of their hearts" (D&C 137:9).
~ John Bytheway
Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
~ John Cage
The supreme and only Judge of the universe stands before the tribunal of an earthly judge.
~ John Calvin
Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever the many are seen to do, forthwith obtains the force of custom. But human affairs have scarcely ever been so happily constituted as that the better course pleased the greater number. Hence the private vices of the multitude have generally resulted in public error, or rather that common consent in vice which these worthy men would have to be law.
~ John Calvin
It seems harsh to many to think that God chooses some and rejects others, and does not consider men's worth, that by his own free will he chooses whom he pleases and moreover rejects others. But what is this scruple except a desire to call God to order and subject him to their judgment?
~ John Calvin
In discussing the subject of free will, the question is not, whether external obstacles will permit a man to execute what he has internally resolved, but whether, in any matter whatever, he has a free power of judging and of willing.
~ John Calvin
See how our works lie under the curse of the law if they are tested by the standard of the law.
~ John Calvin
those who strive to delay or hinder the restoration of the church will accomplish nothing. God is its vindicator, and he will judge all peoples.
~ John Calvin
Those whom the Lord favours not with the direction of his Spirit, he, by a righteous judgement, consigns to the agency of Satan.
~ John Calvin
But however they may sport with its uncertainty, had they to seal their own doctrine with their blood, and at the expense of life, it would be seen what value they put upon it. Very different is our confidence - a confidence which is not appalled by the terrors of death, and therefore not even by the judgment - seat of God.
~ John Calvin
Hence we judge the papal sacraments to be frivolous, since in them the voice of God is not heard for the upbuilding of souls.
~ John Calvin
The law, in so far as it leads men to put their confidence in it, consigns them necessarily to death. The
~ John Calvin
In contrast, the rule of godliness is to recognize that God's hand is the sole judge and governor of every fortune, and because His hand is not recklessly driven to fury, it distributes to us both good and ill according to His orderly righteousness.
~ John Calvin
God wished to humble his people. Therefore,   Daniel here sets before us the providence and judgments of God, that we   may not think Jerusalem to have been taken in violation of God's   promise to Abraham and his posterity.
~ John Calvin
Having once adopted us and enlightened our minds by his Word, he keeps the torch of the Word blazing before our eyes, that we may in faith keep our minds upon the judgment and punishment of evil which the impious confidently ignore.
~ John Calvin
Therefore, men get nothing from the law but condemnation, for in the law God demands his due, but does not confer the power to pay it properly. The
~ John Calvin
Shall we, indeed, distinguish between right and wrong by that judgment which has been imparted to us, yet will there be no judge in heaven?
~ John Calvin
The decree is dreadful indeed, I confess.
~ John Calvin