Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVINPeace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVINWe cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
JOHN CALVINWhen God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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 CALVINWe may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.
JOHN CALVINScripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
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 CALVINTo 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 CALVINTrue wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVINMen are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
JOHN CALVINUnless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
JOHN CALVINFaith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
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 CALVINWhere God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
JOHN CALVINWe should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
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 CALVIN