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By inward testimony…
…as God alone is a fit witness of himself in his Word, so also the Word will not find acceptance in men’s hearts before it is sealed by the inward testimony of the Spirit. Calvin, Institutes, Quoted in TWIST, p. … Continue reading
Human error v. eternal truth…
Although human error is rife in human society, in God’s kingdom only his eternal truth is to be heeded and obeyed. From Calvin’s letter “TO THE MOST HIGH, MOST MIGHTY AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE, FRANCIS, MOST CHRISTIAN KING OF FRANCE,” … Continue reading
Sending strong delusion…
…God has always exercised his vengeance, and always will, most justly, in sending a strong delusion on those who have not received the love of truth, to make them believe a lie (2 Thess. 2:11) From Calvin’s letter “TO THE … Continue reading
What befits faith more???
…what befits faith more than to recognize that we are bare of all virtue, in order to be clothed by God? That we are empty of all good, in order to be filled by him? That we are slaves to … Continue reading
I may be ‘squishy’…
I have not read the whole of Calvin’s corpus…nor even all of his Institutes (though I sure hope to some day). But there was once a time when I did a thorough reading in Book IV on the ‘marks of … Continue reading
Where the kingdom starts…
John Calvin on Matthew 6:10… Your kingdom come… “…no others keep a lawful order in this petition but those who begin with themselves, that is, to be cleansed of all corruptions that disturb the peaceful state of God’s kingdom and … Continue reading
The kingdom of God is…
John Calvin on Matthew 6:10… Your kingdom come… “God reigns where men, both by denial of themselves and by contempt of the world and of earthly life, pledge themselves to his righteousness in order to aspire to a heavenly life.”
Well-nigh overwhelmed…
In short, we are well-nigh overwhelmed by so great and so plenteous an outpouring of benefactions, by so many and so mighty miracles discerned wherever one looks, that we never lack reason and occasion for praise and thanksgiving. Calvin, Institutes, … Continue reading
Continually to groan and sigh to God…
…the weight of our poverty and the facts of experience proclaim that the tribulations which drive and press us from all sides are so many and so great that there is reason enough for us all continually to groan and … Continue reading
Prayer requires repentance…
Lawful prayer requires repentance….For it is right that they who bar their hearts should find God’s ears closed, and that they who by their hardheartedness provoke his severity should not feel him conciliatory. Calvin, Institutes, III.XX.7
Livin' in the foothills 