She witnesses the word of God that she hears. … Therefore, when the church speaks, her speech must always assume the form of a testimony. She must preach, and to preach is to witness. The church speaks only through revelation [what God says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"He is not only creator, but he is also redeemer. … In the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God revealed himself as the one who quickens the dead. God thereby spoke to the church that he is God, for the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
By the word of God the church lives, for she possesses this word in the holy scriptures, and through these scriptures God still speaks to his church by the Holy Spirit whom he has given to her. The church, therefore, does indeed hear the word of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The question from the cross: “Why, Oh my God, why?”. Oh yes, the answer came. Objectively, for the light returned. Subjectively: “It is finished!” Here is your answer: For God’s sake: “Justice must be satisfied....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The church is witness: she testifies that God is God. That is her calling. For this very purpose she was chosen and called out of the world. The fact that she is a witness implies that she hears and believes the word of God. She is the recipient...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The supreme and, in a sense, the only task of the church in the world is to preach the word of God. If there is a word of God to be proclaimed by the church, however, it needs to be a word that God himself speaks, and that he speaks concerning...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"In the progress of a life of sanctification, the things we leave behind are the things of sin, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, the besetting sins, the peculiar sins of our personal character, our weaknesses and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Faith is a spiritual faculty, not a natural faculty. Believing is the activity of this spiritual faculty. Faith is a spiritual faculty that affects the whole soul. If a man is an unbeliever, he is an unbeliever with his mind, with his will, with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Calvin Institutes on the church: “I will begin with the Church, into whose bosom God is pleased to collect his children, not only that by her aid and ministry they may be nourished so long as they are babes and children, but may also be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“But as it is now our purpose to discourse of the visible Church, let us learn, from her single title of Mother, how useful, nay, how necessary the knowledge of her is, since there is no other means of entering into life unless she conceive...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
