# “Jesus Christ holds out His arms to receive us as often as the gospel is preached to us” by John Calvin

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- Published: 2019-04-22T21:00:17-05:00
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“If our Lord is so good to us to have His doctrine still preached to us, we have
by that a sure and infallible sign that He is near at hand to us, and that He seeks
our salvation, and that He calls us to Himself as though He spoke with open mouth,
and as if we see Him personally before us. Jesus Christ holds out His arms to receive
us as often as the gospel is preached to us.”

–John Calvin, [_Sermons on the Epistle to the Ephesians_, Sermon on Ephesians 4:11-12](https://amzn.to/2IPSrKv)(
Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1973), 368.

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