Daily Devotional
December 17
Thine Is My Heart: Devotional Readings from the Writings of John Calvin
Bhttp://www.opc.org/devotional.htmly John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)Reproduced from the OPC Website
Bible Text:
That the saying of Jesus might he fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. —John 18:32
Devotional:
"That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled." The Evangelist adds that it was necessary that this should be done, in order that the prediction which Christ had uttered might be fulfilled, "The Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles" (Matt. 20:19).
And indeed if we wish to read with advantage the history of Christ's death, the chief point is to consider the eternal purpose of God. The Son of God is placed before the tribunal of a mortal man. If we suppose that this is done by the caprice of men, and do not raise our eyes to God, our faith must necessarily be confounded and put to shame.
But when we perceive that, by the condemnation of Christ, our condemnation before God is blotted out, because it pleased the heavenly Father to take this method of reconciling mankind to himself, raised on high by this single consideration, we boldly and without shame glory even in Christ's ignominy.
Let us therefore learn, in each part of this narrative, to turn our eyes to God as the Author of our redemption. —Commentaries
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
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