Repentance
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Second, many others have an awareness of their guilt, but do not know how to go to Christ and rid themselves of their dark blots. In their secret heart God is viewed as an unsympathetic tyrant, not as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Let us remember, however, that moderation must be used, so that we may not be overwhelmed with sadness, there being nothing to which trembling consciences are more prone than to rush into despair.”
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
“I have not forgotten myself when, with fear and reverence, I say, We are, - are in the heart of God. We are, by his dignifying, not by our own dignity.”
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
“From this dogma of satisfaction that of indulgences takes its”
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
“Let us breathe again, brethren. Although we are nothing in our hearts, perhaps something of us may lurk in the heart of God.”
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
“More truly may we say, that the life of a Christian man is constant study and exercise in mortifying the flesh, until it is certainly slain, and the Spirit of God obtains dominion in us.”
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
― Institutes of the Christian Religion
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