John Calvin Quotes
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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.
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When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?
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Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.
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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.
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Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction.
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Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
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Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law.
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Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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It is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one to one of flesh, that our will is made new, and that we, created anew in heart and mind, at length will what we ought to will.
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Faith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith.
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No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that the endowments which we possess cannot possibly be from ourselves; nay, that our very being is nothing else than subsistence in God alone.
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Doubtful prayer is no prayer at all.
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We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself.
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No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.
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Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.
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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.
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If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.
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This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils.
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There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
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Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.