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 CALVINWe 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 CALVINNo man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
JOHN CALVINGod preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
JOHN CALVINSometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
JOHN CALVINWhen I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
JOHN CALVINTrue wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVINHumility is the beginning of true intelligence.
JOHN CALVINHoliness 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 CALVINOnly those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
JOHN CALVINIt is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
JOHN CALVINJoy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
JOHN CALVINNo man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
JOHN CALVINHuman will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.
JOHN CALVINChrist is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
JOHN CALVINFor what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
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.
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