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John Calvin Quotes

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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

God, Giving, Judging

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

Christian, Hands, Empty

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

Firsts, Christ, Righteousness

John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.166, Ravenio Books

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

Faith, Humility, Christianity

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On Ezekiel 1- 12 (Annotated Edition)”, p.84, Jazzybee Verlag

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Christian, Dog, Religious

For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime to rob it of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man's house is his place of most secure refuge, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.

Mother, Men, Light

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

Christ, Found, Gave Up

Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.

Faith, Religious, Prayer

If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.

Fall, Firsts, Steps

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

Heart, Men, Worship

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

Sacrifice

John Calvin (2002). “Tracts and Treatises of John Calvin, 3 Volumes”, Wipf and Stock Publishers

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Wavering, Weak, Dormant

John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Psalms”, p.340, Ravenio Books

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.

Views, Giving, Darkness

If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.

Gratitude, Proud, Talent

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.33, Baker Books

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

Men, Fool, Idiot

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's First Epistle To The Corinthians Vol.1 (Annotated Edition)”, p.140, Jazzybee Verlag

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.

Godly, Christian Love, May

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.

Poverty, Prosperity, Dangerous

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On Isaiah 33- 48”, p.199, Jazzybee Verlag

No 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.

Godly, Men, Entering

John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.558, Oxford University Press

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

Kingdoms, Invisible, Midst

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

Prayer, Exercise, Chiefs

John Calvin (2015). “Commentary on Daniel”, p.353, Ravenio Books

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

"The Value of Convenience: Genealogy of Technical Culture". Book by Thomas F. Tierney (p. 128), 1993.

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

Perfection, Christ, Strive

John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on the Gospel of John”, p.416, Ravenio Books

To 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.

Christian, Heart, Mean

Jean Calvin, John Calvin, Ford Lewis Battles (1995). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.30, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

Self, Two, Knowledge Of God

There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.

People, Desire, Groups

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