When we see that the whole sum of our salvation, and every single part of it, are comprehended in Christ, we must beware of deriving even the minutest portion of it from any other quarter. John Calvin More Quotes by John Calvin More Quotes From John Calvin 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. John Calvin agency spiritual blessing For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond Him - they will never yield Him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in Him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to Him. John Calvin yield giving men We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure. John Calvin sovereign dies pleasure God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him. John Calvin ought may order There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence. John Calvin pride giving people The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed to the power of His Resurrection. John Calvin life-changing devil eye We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself. John Calvin faith giving son By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man John Calvin determined men mean No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world. John Calvin suffering joy world He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts. John Calvin vain doe looks It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. John Calvin accomplish despair results The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart. John Calvin soul heart memories All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. John Calvin trust prayer christian He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him. John Calvin favors reality world There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously. John Calvin rewards good-work men Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living. John Calvin inevitable suffering lord There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul. John Calvin body soul attention Men are idol factories. John Calvin factories idols men This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils. John Calvin anvils entertainment fall 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. John Calvin sculpture painting art
