Since then there is in us nothing but spiritual infection and leprosy and that we are corrupt in our iniquities, what shall we do? What remedy is there? Shall we go to seek help from the angels in Paradise? Alas! They can do nothing for us. No, we must come to our Lord Jesus Christ, who was willing to be disfigured from the top of His head even to the sole of His feet and was a mass of wounds, flogged with many stripes and crowned with thorns, nailed and fastened to the cross and pierced through the side. this is how we are healed; here is our true medicine, with which we must be content, and which we must embrace wholeheartedly, knowing that otherwise we can never have inward peace but must always be tormented and tortured to the extreme, unless Jesus Christ comforts us and appeases God’s wrath against us. When we are certain of that, we have cause to sing HIs praises, instead of being capable of nothing but trembling and confusion.
John Calvin, St Peter’s Church, Geneva
Wednesday June 29th, 1558
Let us all find the assurance that Jesus Christ our saviour has set us free from sin and it’s penalty, death, and let us find never ending joy in serving him!
Grace and Peace
