# “Arms outstretched to embrace us” by John Calvin

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- Published: 2025-04-25T08:00:00-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“When the gospel is daily preached to us, Jesus Christ is offered in it to us, and
He, for His part, calls us to Himself.

To be short, He has His arms outstretched to embrace us. Let us understand that.”

–John Calvin, [_Sermons on the Epistle to the Ephesians_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851511708?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
trans. Arthur Golding; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1562/1973), 183. Calvin is
preaching on Ephesians 2:11-13.

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