In a world that treats death as the final end, John Calvin lifts our eyes to the triumphant power of God and the sure hope of the resurrection. Continuing his exposition in Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 3, Chapter 25, he shows how the future renewal of our bodies rests not on natural possibility but on the same divine might that raised Christ and will one day transform us to be like him. Calvin refutes skeptics, corrects errors such as the Sadducees’ denial and the Chiliasts’ thousand-year limit, affirms the immortality of the soul in its intermediate state, and calls us to live with expectant faith until Christ returns in glory.

Today’s Readings

John Calvin — Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 3, Chapter 25 (Sections 4-6)

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