John Calvin on god
John Calvin92 quotes“Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.”
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Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
John CalvinJohn Calvin If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
John CalvinJohn Calvin A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
John CalvinJohn Calvin But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
John CalvinJohn Calvin God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
John CalvinJohn Calvin You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
John CalvinJohn Calvin A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
John CalvinJohn Calvin We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
John CalvinJohn Calvin
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