Monday, May 29, 2006
GREAT QUOTES
Matt. 12:29. "Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
Speaking on this verse Calvin writes, “Now the tyranny that he [Satan] exercises is defended on every side by strong ramparts. His snares for entrapping men are beyond all calculation; nay, men are already his slaves, and so firmly bound by a variety of fetters that they rather cherish the slavery, to which they are devoted, than make any aspirations after freedom… By these words he informs us, that it is in vain for men to expect deliverance, till Satan has been subdued by a violent struggle.
There is no man who does not loudly boast that he desires the kingdom of God: and yet we do not permit Christ to fight boldly, as the occasion requires, in order to rescue us from the power of our tyrant; just as if a sick man were to entreat the aid of a physician, and then to refuse every remedy.”
Speaking on this verse Calvin writes, “Now the tyranny that he [Satan] exercises is defended on every side by strong ramparts. His snares for entrapping men are beyond all calculation; nay, men are already his slaves, and so firmly bound by a variety of fetters that they rather cherish the slavery, to which they are devoted, than make any aspirations after freedom… By these words he informs us, that it is in vain for men to expect deliverance, till Satan has been subdued by a violent struggle.
There is no man who does not loudly boast that he desires the kingdom of God: and yet we do not permit Christ to fight boldly, as the occasion requires, in order to rescue us from the power of our tyrant; just as if a sick man were to entreat the aid of a physician, and then to refuse every remedy.”
# posted by Castusfumus : 4:20 PM
