John Calvin Quotes About Understanding

Quotes about: Understanding

• Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.

  John Calvin

  Stupid, Men, Understanding

• On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be embraced by all, but that a new understanding and a new perception are requisite; and, therefore, that faith does not depend on the will of men, but that it is God who gives it.

  John Calvin

  Men, Giving, Understanding

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On The Gospel Of John Vol. 1 (Annotated Edition)”, p.231, Jazzybee Verlag

• Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and kindly receives them, and dedicates them to the Father by a solemn act of blessing.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Jesus, Children

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Matthew”, p.388, Ravenio Books

• To have a proper understanding of the gospel, we must recognise that we need to lean entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ and his mercy alone as our only hope of salvation. ... No one can be justified by the law; justification is through faith alone.

  John Calvin

  Jesus, Law, Understanding

• The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it..
  We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.

  John Calvin

  Understanding, Majesty, Splendor

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