Calvin's Institutes: June 1

John Calvin's Institutes in a Year · Jun 1, 2026 · 10m

This reading brings Calvin’s argument to its sharpest point: Christ is not merely the beginning of salvation, nor simply the one who opens the door while we complete the journey ourselves. Rather, Christ himself is our righteousness, wisdom, purity, life, and inheritance. Calvin fiercely rejects every attempt to make human effort the ground of acceptance before God, arguing that faith does not merely give us an opportunity to merit salvation—it unites us to Christ himself, in whom all saving benefits are already found. At the same time, Calvin insists that true union with Christ necessarily…