John Calvin did some wonderful work for the Lord. His doctrine helped us realise who we are in Christ: a living child. But did he do any work on how the Christian must live daily?... yes, and how:
"The Sum of the Christian Life: The denial of ourselves
We are not our own: let not our reason or our will, therefore, sway our plans and deeds. We are not our own: let us therefore not set it as our goal to seek what is expedient for us according to the flesh. We are not our own: in so far as we can, let us therefore forget ourselves and all that is ours.
Conversely, we are God’s: let us therefore live for him and die for him. We are God’s let his wisdom and will therefore rule all our actions. We are God’s: Let all the parts of our life accordingly strive toward him as our only lawful goal [“If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s” – Rom . 14:8 “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own” – 1 Cor. 6:19]. O, how much has that man profited who, having been taught that he is not his own, has taken away dominion and rule from his own reason that he may yield it to God!"
May we yield to God
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