# “Our whole salvation” by John Calvin

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2024/05/29/our-whole-salvation-by-john-calvin/
- Published: 2024-05-29T11:00:00-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ [**
Acts 4:12**]. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it
from anywhere else.

If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is ‘_of Him’_[**
1 Cor. 1:30**].

If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in His anointing.

If we seek strength, it lies in His dominion; if purity, in His conception; if gentleness,
it appears in His birth. For by His birth He was made like us in all respects [**
Heb. 2:17**] that He might learn to feel our pain [**cf. Heb. 5:2**].

If we seek redemption, it lies in His passion; if acquittal, in His condemnation;
if remission of the curse, in His cross [**Gal. 3:13**]; if satisfaction, in His
sacrifice; if purification, in His blood; if reconciliation, in His descent into
hell; if mortification of the flesh, in His tomb; if newness of life, in His resurrection;
if immortality, in the same; if inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom, in His entrance
into heaven; if protection, if security, if abundant supply of all blessings, in
His Kingdom; if untroubled expectation of judgment, in the power given to Him to
judge.

In short, since rich store of every kind of good abounds in Him, let us drink our
fill from this fountain, and from no other.”

–John Calvin, [_Institutes of the Christian Religion_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664239110?tag=toletaupanre-20),
ed. John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles, _vol. 1, The Library of Christian
Classics_ (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011), 1: 527–528. (2.16.19)

More quotes from [John Calvin](https://tollelege.net/category/john-calvin/) · More
on [God the Father](https://tollelege.net/category/god-the-father/)