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John Calvin Quotes - Page 13

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We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

Sovereign, Pleasure, Dies

John Calvin (2007). “Letters of John Calvin”, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and kindly receives them, and dedicates them to the Father by a solemn act of blessing.

Christian, Jesus, Children

John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Matthew”, p.388, Ravenio Books

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

Men, Self, Looks

John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.18, Lulu.com

Warned by such evidences of their spiritual illness, believers profit by their humiliations. Robbed of their foolish confidence in the flesh, they take refuge in the grace of God. And when they have done so, they experience the nearness of the divine protection which is to them a strong fortress (Ps 30:6-7).

Spiritual, Strong, Grace

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.51, Baker Books

There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments which we possess are divine deposits entrusted to us for the very purpose of being distributed for the good of our neighbour.

Stronger, Purpose, Taught

John Calvin (2012). “On the Christian Life (Annotated Edition)”, p.23, Jazzybee Verlag

For what accords better and more aptly with faith than to acknowledge ourselves divested of all virtue that we may be clothed by God, devoid of all goodness that we may be filled by him, the slaves of sin that he may give us freedom, blind that he may enlighten, lame that he may cure, and feeble that he may sustain us; to strip ourselves of all ground of glorying that he alone may shine forth glorious, and we be glorified in him?

Giving, Shining, Lame

John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.20, Jazzybee Verlag

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.

Prayer, Ignorance, Would Be

John Calvin “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion”, Westminster John Knox Press

There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence.

Pride, People, Giving

John Calvin, Henry Van Andel (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.39, Baker Books

God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he wills repentance. But experience shows that this will, for the repentance of those whom he invites to himself, is not such as to make him touch all their hearts. Still, it cannot be said that he acts deceitfully; for though the external word only renders, those who hear it, and do not obey it, inexcusable, it is still truly regarded as an evidence of the grace by which he reconciles men to himself.

Heart, Men, Grace

John Calvin “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books Third and Fourth”, Jazzybee Verlag

We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness.

Acceptance, Men, Righteous Man

John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.425, Oxford University Press

The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith.

Faith, Men, Mercy Of God

John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.5, Ravenio Books

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

Church, Conviction, Submit

John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.484, Jazzybee Verlag

the more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy.

Spiritual, Joy, Crosses

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.66, Baker Books

When we come to a comparison of heaven and earth, then we may indeed not only forget all about the present life, but even despise and scorn it.

Heaven, Earth, May

"Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life". Book by John Calvin, 1550.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

Christian, Government, Honor

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Gospels Vol. 3”, p.78, Jazzybee Verlag

Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.

Views, Christ, Embrace

John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Ephesians”, p.60, Ravenio Books

Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it.

Christian, Prosperity, Diligence

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.43, Baker Books

The poor yield to the rich, the common people to the upper ten, the servants to their masters, the ignorant to the scholars; but there is nobody who does not imagine that he is really better than others.

Yield, People, Ignorant

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.32, Baker Books

The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and teaching, to ask every good thing from [God], and, when it is received, ascribe it to him. For how can the idea of God enter your mind without instantly giving rise to the thought, that since you are his workmanship, you are bound, by the very law of creation, to submit to his authority?-\-\that your life is due to him?-\-\that whatever you do ought to have reference to him.

Teaching, Law, Ideas

John Calvin “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books First and Second”, Jazzybee Verlag

But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.

Faithful, Mercy, Goodness

"Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life" by John Calvin, Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michingan, United States, (p. 45), December 1, 2004.

No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

Joy, Suffering, World

Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.

Wisdom, Honesty, Truth

John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.173, Jazzybee Verlag

Bien que les étoiles ne parlent pas, même en étant silencieux, ils crient. Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out.

Stars, Cry, Speak

The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are small and trivial; we sometimes even embrace them as virtues.

Vices, Sometimes, Virtue

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.32, Baker Books

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church.

Mother, Queens, Nursing

John Calvin (2007). “Letters of John Calvin”, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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