Quotes about Belief
But, as a heathen tells us,[54] there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish, as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.
— John Calvin
We are in no position to rely upon God's promises unless we obey his commandments. Now
— John Calvin
Faith needs to be bound directly to the Word of God; for, according to Paul, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). And
— John Calvin
But it is none the less true that men do not come to God by way of their own reason; neither do they in this way get near to him, because all their intelligence is but vanity. Whence
— John Calvin
natural reason can never guide men to Christ. Even
— John Calvin
Each year, month, and day is governed by a new, a special, providence of God
— John Calvin
True knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
— John Calvin
The only reason for security is that our salvation is in God's hand. Our
— John Calvin
And this is the evidence of faith that we never allow ourselves to be torn away from Christ and the promises we have in him. The
— 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
Error can never be eradicated from the heart of man until the true knowledge of God has been implanted in it.
— John Calvin
By these words it is plain he does not make love the cause of forgiveness, but the proof of it.
— John Calvin