John Calvin Quotes
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Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.
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When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it.
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God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
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Surely in Judas' betrayal it will be no more right, because God both willed that his Son be delivered up, and delivered him up to death, to ascribe the guilt of the crime to God than to transfer the credit for redemption to Judas.
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Then let every one of us, being warned by this sentence of the angel, acknowledge that he as yet cleaves to first principles, or, at least, does not comprehend all those things which are necessary to be known; and that therefore progress is to be made to the very end of life: for this is our wisdom, to be learners to the end.
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The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.
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It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
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All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions.
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To have a proper understanding of the gospel, we must recognise that we need to lean entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ and his mercy alone as our only hope of salvation. ... No one can be justified by the law; justification is through faith alone.
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But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!
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Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.
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If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.
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But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
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How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
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We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.
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The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.
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The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
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But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not properly be applied to life itself.
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Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth.
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Though Satan instils his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the commission of sin, but our own flesh entices us, and we willingly yield to its allurements.