John Calvin Quotes About Heart

• Los hombres nunca adorarán a Dios con un corazón sincero, ni se sentirán impulsados a temerle y obedecerle con suficiente celo, hasta que comprendan debidamente cuánto deben a Su misericordia.

  Juan Calvino

  Corazón, Hombres, Adoración

• The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.

  Juan Calvino

  Mother, Heart, Idols

• Ser cristianos bajo la ley de la gracia no significa vagar desenfrenadamente fuera de la ley, sino estar injertados en Cristo, por cuya gracia somos libres de la maldición de la ley, y por cuyo Espíritu tenemos la ley grabada en nuestros corazones.

  Juan Calvino

  Cristiano, Corazón, Medio

  Jean Calvin, John Calvin, Ford Lewis Battles (1995). "Institutos de la Religión Cristiana", p.30, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

• The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.

  Juan Calvino

  Memories, Heart, Soul

• Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

  Juan Calvino

  Jesus, Heart, Joy

• Cuando Dios se propone perdonarnos, cambia nuestros corazones y nos vuelve obedientes por su Espíritu.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Design, Forgiving

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On Zechariah And Malachi (Annotated Edition)”, p.194, Jazzybee Verlag

• The Human heart is an idol factory.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Idols, Factories

• Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Promise, Mind

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.380, Oxford University Press

• It is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one to one of flesh, that our will is made new, and that we, created anew in heart and mind, at length will what we ought to will.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Grace, Mind

  John Calvin (2002). “The Bondage and Liberation of the Will (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought): A Defence of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice against Pighius”, p.287, Baker Books

• The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood works, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Vanity, Hypocrisy

• Because I know that I am not my own master, I offer my heart as a true sacrifice to the Lord.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Sacrifice, Lord

• Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Dominion, Riches

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Luke”, p.389, Ravenio Books

• My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

  Juan Calvino

  Christian, Heart, Giving

• Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated from the righteousness of God that he cannot conceive, desire, or design any thing but what is wicked, distorted, foul, impure, and iniquitous; that his heart is so thoroughly envenomed by sin that it can breathe out nothing but corruption and rottenness; that if some men occasionally make a show of goodness, their mind is ever interwoven with hypocrisy and deceit, their soul inwardly bound with the fetters of wickedness.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Men, Hypocrisy

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.299, Jazzybee Verlag

• Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.

  Juan Calvino

  Perseverance, Prayer, Heart

• Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

  Juan Calvino

  Oración, Corazón, Alegría

• The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Desire, Lasts

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.28, Baker Books

• God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he wills repentance. But experience shows that this will, for the repentance of those whom he invites to himself, is not such as to make him touch all their hearts. Still, it cannot be said that he acts deceitfully; for though the external word only renders, those who hear it, and do not obey it, inexcusable, it is still truly regarded as an evidence of the grace by which he reconciles men to himself.

  Juan Calvino

  Corazón, Hombres, Gracia

  John Calvin “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books Third and Fourth”, Jazzybee Verlag

• In truth we know by experience that song has great force and vigour to move and inflame the hearts of men to invoke and praise God with a more vehement and ardent zeal.

  Juan Calvino

  Song, Moving, Heart

• For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Effort, Praying

  "John Calvin's Commentaries On Zechariah And Malachi". Annotated Edition,

• We must observe that the knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful whenever it is duly perceived and rooted in the heart.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Brain, Knowledge Of God

• For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For what order will be left in the world, if these opposites be confounded together? Such a distinction as this, therefore, between virtuous and vicious actions, has not only been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man, but has also been frequently confirmed by his providential dispensations.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Men, Action

• To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

  Juan Calvino

  Heart, Men, Looks

• Se nos promete abundancia de todos los bienes, pero sólo somos ricos en hambre y sed. ¡Qué sería de nosotros si no nos apoyáramos en la esperanza, y si nuestro corazón no se apresurara más allá de este mundo!

  Juan Calvino

  Hope, Heart, World

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