God wants our salvation

“…whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.”

- John Calvin, NT Commentary on John p75

(HT: Dan Morse)

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  1. On January 7, 2010 at 3:37 pm Most encouraging sentences I read yesterday - deTheos said:

    [...] Earlier this morning I read: “…whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God does not want us to be overwhelmed in everlasting destruction, for He has ordained His Son to be the salvation of the world.” —John Calvin, NT Commentary on John, p. 75; via OFI [...]

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