--- title: "10 Decree God Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Decree God quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Decree God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg" --- > [By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-decree-of-god-by-which-he/) [John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg) > [“Whatever happened in the world was a decree from God. A task to be completed. Any crying or joy just got in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/whatever-happened-in-the-world-was-a-decree-from-god-a-task-to-be/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/chuck-palahniuk-37_anticipation_whatever-happened-in-the-world-was-a-dec_322084.jpg) > [In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ames/in-the-exercise-of-god-s-efficiency-the-decree-of-god-comes-first/) [William Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/william-ames-19586_agree_in-the-exercise-of-god-s-efficiency-the_1222372.jpg) > [“we have authority in the earth to decree God's judgments (Gen. 1:28; Ps. 115:15-16). Adam and Eve may have fallen into sin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-trimm/we-have-authority-in-the-earth-to-decree-god-s-judgments-gen-1-28-ps/) [Cindy Trimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-trimm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/cindy-trimm-15236_adam-and-eve_we-have-authority-in-the-earth-to-decree_87780.jpg) > [ \[Necessity is\] the sum of all things, which being now existent, conduce and concur to the production of that action hereafter, whereof… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/necessity-is-the-sum-of-all-things-which-being-now-existent-conduce/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/thomas-hobbes-1127_action_necessity-is-the-sum-of-all-things-which_904190.jpg) > [“This election to glory is not some general decree of God about saving the faithful and the godly, who shall persevere in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-witsius/this-election-to-glory-is-not-some-general-decree-of-god-about-saving/) [Herman Witsius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-witsius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/herman-witsius-39363_quote_this-election-to-glory-is-not-some-gener_728530.jpg) > [Man can, indeed, act contrarily to the decrees of God, as far as they have been written like laws in the minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/man-can-indeed-act-contrarily-to-the-decrees-of-god-as-far-as-they/) [Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/baruch-spinoza-1338_can-do_man-can-indeed-act-contrarily-to-the-dec_2280498.jpg) > [It is not an arbitrary "decree of God," but in the nature of man, that a veil shuts down on the facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but-in-the-nature-of-man-that-a/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_arbitrary_it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but_2874350.png) > [“The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's "will of command," not according to his "will of decree." God's "will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-according-to-god-s-will-of-command/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/john-piper-255_bible_the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-accordin_2000971.png) > [“For if any decree of God could be changed, it would be, because God either would not or could not effect the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-witsius/for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-changed-it-would-be-because-god/) [Herman Witsius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-witsius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/herman-witsius-39363_freedom_for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-change_62554.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decree-god/#itemlist", "name": "Decree God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Calvin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-decree-of-god-by-which-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished…” — John Calvin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whatever happened in the world was a decree from God. 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By this veil, which curtains events, it instructs the children of men to live in to-day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but-in-the-nature-of-man-that-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_arbitrary_it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but_2874350.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_arbitrary_it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but_2874350.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_arbitrary_it-is-not-an-arbitrary-decree-of-god-but_2874350.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not an arbitrary \"decree of God,\" but in the nature of man, that a veil shuts down on the facts of…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's \"will of command,\" not according to his \"will of decree.\" God's \"will of decree\" is whatever comes to pass. \"If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that\" (James 4:15). God's \"will of decree\" ordained that his Son be betrayed (Luke 22:22), ridiculed (Isaiah 53:3), mocked (Luke 18:32), flogged (Matthew 20:19), forsaken (Matthew 26:31), pierced (John 19:37), and killed (Mark 9:31). But the Bible teaches us plainly that we should not betray, ridicule, mock, flog, forsake, pierce, or kill innocent people. That is God's \"will of command.\" We do not look at the death of Jesus, clearly willed by God, and conclude that killing Jesus is good and that we should join the mockers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Piper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-according-to-god-s-will-of-command/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/john-piper-255_bible_the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-accordin_2000971.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/john-piper-255_bible_the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-accordin_2000971.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/john-piper-255_bible_the-logic-of-the-bible-says-act-accordin_2000971.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The logic of the Bible says: Act according to God's \"will of command,\" not according to his \"will of…” — John Piper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For if any decree of God could be changed, it would be, because God either would not or could not effect the thing decreed, or because his latter thoughts were wiser and better than his first: all which are injurious to God. You will answer; God, indeed, wills what he has decreed to be done, but on condition the creature also wills it, whose liberty he would nowise infringe. I answer, is God so destitute either of power or of wisdom, that he cannot so concur with the liberty of second causes, which he himself gave and formed, as to do what he wills, without prejudice to and consistently with their liberty? God is far more glorious, in our opinion, and more to be had in reverence, than for us to believe any such thing of his power and wisdom.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Witsius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-witsius/for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-changed-it-would-be-because-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/herman-witsius-39363_freedom_for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-change_62554.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/herman-witsius-39363_freedom_for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-change_62554.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/herman-witsius-39363_freedom_for-if-any-decree-of-god-could-be-change_62554.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For if any decree of God could be changed, it would be, because God either would not or could not effect the…” — Herman Witsius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decree-god/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decree-god/", "name": "Decree God Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decree-god/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/john-calvin-490_decree_by-predestination-we-mean-the-eternal-de_2377043.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 10 Decree God quotes by 9 authors. 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