Quotes about Redemption
When He orders you to forgive that man for whatever sin he has committed against you, He calls you to do so not because that man deserves it, but because God Himself has forgiven you (Luke 17:3—4).
— John Calvin
Give what is absolutely free, because he sees nothing in us that can be a ground of salvation.
— John Calvin
Since he has so chosen us, we belong to him, more especially because he has bought us by the blood of his Son.
— John Calvin
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