John Calvin – Righteous by Christ

Here’s another great quote from Calvin’s The Necessity of Reforming the Church. Man is declared righteous and fit for heaven apart from the works of the law. He is declared righteous only by Christ’s merit.

…we maintain, that of what description soever any man’s works may be, he is regarded as righteous before God simply on [...]

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More from Calvin – Reforming the Church

A new friend of mine recommended that I read Calvin’s “The Necessity of Reforming the Church”. So, I am slowing going through it, reading and re-reading. Honestly it’s been a while since I picked up something that is so weighty, thus I see my need to retrain my attention span (or maybe it’s just that [...]

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Calvin Quoted #6 – On Future Hope

The hope of a future life maintains itself, and dares to exult and glory, because the foundations on which we stand rest on the glory of God. For, according to the Apostle, though the faithful are now wanderers and pilgrims on earth, yet their confidence raises them so far above the heavens as to make [...]

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Calvin Quoted #5 – Law and Gospel

The law is nothing else but a preparation unto the Gospel. The faithful cannot profit in the Gospel until they shall first be humbled, which cannot be until they come to a knowledge of their sins. It is the proper function of the law to call the consciences into God’s judgement, and to wound them [...]

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Calvin Quoted #4 – If Heaven be our Home

If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.”
-John Calvin

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but [...]

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Calvin Quoted #3 – Resembling God

There is nothing in which men resemble God more truly than in doing good to others.”
- John Calvin

It isn’t faithfully reading the Bible, praying, going to church, etc. No, it’s doing good to others. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39. This is the very way Jesus lived.

If Jesus Christ told us, [...]

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Calvin Quoted #2 – The Source of Good Works

Election is the source of and beginning of all good works.”
- John Calvin

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

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Calvin Quoted #1 – on Good Works

I just found a bunch of wonderful quotes from Calvin and I hope to share many of them in the following days… Here’s our first one.

However defective the works of believers may be, they are nevertheless pleasing to God through the intervention of pardon… Reward is given to their efforts, even though imperfect, exactly as [...]

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