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John Calvin Quotes - Page 7

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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.

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.

Evil, Fellowship, Kind

John Calvin (2009). “The Christian Life”, p.14, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Every person, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not only urged to seek God, but is also led as by the hand to find Him.

Hands, Persons

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

The Human heart is an idol factory.

Heart, Idols, Factories

The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us.

Angel, Exercise, Safety

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh.

Christian, Laughing, Christian Inspirational

To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.

Grace, Fallen, Humans

On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either.

Hands, Giving, Satisfaction

God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to render it fruitful.

Faith, Order, People

John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Luke”, p.590, Ravenio Books

Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments.

Confused, Mad, Wicked

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Gospel Of John Vol. 2 (Annotated Edition)”, p.81, Jazzybee Verlag

Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.

Stupid, Men, Understanding

Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that we surrender our reason to the Holy Spirit; and this means that we no longer live for ourselves, but that Christ lives and reigns within us (Rom 12:1; Eph 4:23; Gal 2:20).

Christian, Philosophy, Mean

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.27, Baker Books

To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

Heart, Men, Looks

The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.

Men, Heaven, Scripture

John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.354, Oxford University Press

No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail to his good pleasure. If we put ourselves in such a frame of mind, then, whatever may happen to us, we shall never feel miserable or accuse God falsely because of our lot.

Mind, Details, May

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.44, Baker Books

Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others we should behave as stewards who must someday give an account of ourselves.

Giving, Able, Someday

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.35, Baker Books

The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.

Men, Knowledge Of God, Creator

John Calvin (2013). “God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 2)”, p.412, ReadHowYouWant.com

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.

Communication, Justice, Church

John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 119 - 150 (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag

Concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, we must also be aware that he is our Advocate, and that without him we cannot approach God.

Jesus, Christ, Lord

John Calvin, Jean Calvin, Thomas Boston (1996). “Sermons on Galatians”, Banner of Truth

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

Lying, Evil, Greed

Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.

Son, Despair, Doe

There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief part of wisdom.

Christian, Christian Inspirational, Focused

"John Calvin's Commentaries On Isaiah 17- 32". Annotated Edition,

Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.

Integrity, Secure, Conscience

Faith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith.

Faith, Religious, Suffering

All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.

Men, Common, Busy

Again I ask whence it happened that the fall of Adam involved, without remedy, in eternal death so many nations, together with their infant children, except because it so seemed good to God? A decree horrible, I confess, and yet true.

Children, Fall, Together

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