Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
JOHN CALVINFaith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
More John Calvin Quotes
-
-
My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
JOHN CALVIN -
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.
JOHN CALVIN -
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
JOHN CALVIN -
The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
JOHN CALVIN -
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
JOHN CALVIN -
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
JOHN CALVIN -
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.
JOHN CALVIN -
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.
JOHN CALVIN -
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
JOHN CALVIN -
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.
JOHN CALVIN -
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
JOHN CALVIN -
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVIN -
The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
JOHN CALVIN -
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
JOHN CALVIN -
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVIN