There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
John CalvinTags: joy creation theology rejoice calvinism splendor-of-creation
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.
John CalvinHowever many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
John CalvinLet us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.
John CalvinGod preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
John CalvinTags: justice grace mercy predestination
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
Tags: theology
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.
John CalvinFor there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God
John CalvinTrue wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinThe pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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