Quotes about Divine
If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.
— John Calvin
Because of the great distance between us and his heavenly glory, he himself came down to us through the Word. This
— John Calvin
We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us.
— John Calvin
God's purpose remains God's secret, and he alone can justify his deeds among men. So
— John Calvin
Faith was a gift of God whose main function was to create in man a certain knowledge of God's goodness toward us. The
— John Calvin
Christ cannot be seen except in the spiritual life which the world does not possess. No
— John Calvin
We are taught that the salvation of all the elect is as certain as that God's power is invincible. Besides
— John Calvin
It is the Spirit of God alone who opens the gate of heaven to the elect. Further
— John Calvin
Each year, month, and day is governed by a new, a special, providence of God
— John Calvin
The fact is that unless we are extricated by the grace of Christ, we remain subject to the violence of a whole mass of innumerable evils.
— John Calvin
Faith acquires what the Law requires; nay, the Law requires, in order that faith may acquire what is thus required; nay, more, God demands of us faith itself, and finds not what he thus demands, until by giving he makes it possible to find it.
— John Calvin
Unless God feed us daily, the largest accumulation of the necessaries of life will be of no avail.
— John Calvin