Quotes about Grace
he refers rather to their adoption because God's grace is the more striking when he out of all mankind chooses some few to be his own people.
— John Calvin
we must realize that death was not a pleasure or a game for Christ, and that he suffered excruciation to the utmost for our sakes.
— John Calvin
By the word letter Paul means preaching which is external and does not reach the heart; by Spirit he means teaching which is alive, which works mightily in the souls of men by the grace of the Spirit. Letter
— John Calvin
Accordingly, we shall find angels and men to be dry, heaven to be empty, the earth to be unproductive, and, in short, all things to be of no value, if we wish to be partakers of the gifts of God in any other way than through Christ.
— John Calvin
Therefore, men get nothing from the law but condemnation, for in the law God demands his due, but does not confer the power to pay it properly. The
— 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
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
It is the Spirit of God alone who opens the gate of heaven to the elect. Further
— John Calvin
The only reason for security is that our salvation is in God's hand. Our
— 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
By these words it is plain he does not make love the cause of forgiveness, but the proof of it.
— John Calvin