558 Quotes by John Calvin

The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.

But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which the Lord has bestowed upon us, for His glory and our good, shall not be preposterously abused, nay, shall not be perverted to our destruction.

Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond, and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain the kingdom of Christ.

The whole comes to this, that Christ, when he produces faith in us by the agency of his Spirit, at the same time ingrafts us into his body, that we may become partakers of all spiritual blessings.

Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.

When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it.

The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.

When pain and suffering strike, our faith is well founded if it is standing on the promises of God. For all of God's promises have strong confirmation in Christ.

Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.