Quotes from John Calvin
Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'.
- John Calvin
To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.
- John Calvin
If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.
- John Calvin
The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
- John Calvin
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.
- John Calvin
Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.
- John Calvin
Let that ethical philosophy therefore of free-will be far from a Christian mind.
- John Calvin
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
- John Calvin
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
- John Calvin
How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
- John Calvin
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.
- John Calvin
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
- John Calvin