Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
JOHN CALVINFaith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.
JOHN CALVINHumility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVINMy heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
JOHN CALVINThe first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
JOHN CALVINNothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
JOHN CALVINThings that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVINNothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVINRepentance 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 CALVINThe surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.
JOHN CALVINBy predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
JOHN CALVINYou must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
JOHN CALVINWhoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
JOHN CALVINA man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
JOHN CALVINJoy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
JOHN CALVINThose who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
JOHN CALVINWe shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
JOHN CALVIN