Quotes about Redemption
There would be no communion between him and us if he did not first come to us with his grace.
- John Calvin
First, since by God's command all the saints daily ask for their sins to be forgiven (Matt.6:12), they confess themselves sinners. They do not ask in vain, for the Lord Jesus never bade us ask for something which he would not give us.
- John Calvin
Christ, therefore, died for our sins, in order to redeem or separate us from the world.
- John Calvin
God has so ordained and governed the Christian church that the cross has been the preparation for victory, and death the way to life.
- John Calvin
Men are justified by believing, not by what they do. It is by faith they obtain grace: and grace cannot be earned as a payment for works.
- John Calvin
Ps. 126:1). God has done a stupendous and incredible work in us who bear Christ's name.
- John Calvin
For if by natural instinct or wisdom we could bring ourselves back to the road and escape from error, we would have no need for Christ.
- John Calvin
In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.
- John Calvin
It follows that we pray rightly only when we come to God trusting in the Mediator.
- John Calvin
Where God thus clearly displays free mercy, have done with that empty imagination of merit.
- John Calvin
Let us know, therefore, that when we have departed from Christ, nothing remains for us but death.
- John Calvin
Faith not only should be fixed upon the essence of Christ (as they say), but should also attend to his mission and power.
- John Calvin