John Calvin on faith
John Calvin92 quotes“It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.”
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It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
John CalvinJohn Calvin A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
John CalvinJohn Calvin To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
John CalvinJohn Calvin For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
John CalvinJohn Calvin Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
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Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle I’ve always been a woman of faith.
Lauren LondonLauren London The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers To ‘choose’ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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