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Calvin's Institutes: April 23
The New Law is not more rules—it is a new heart. In this reading, Thomas Aquinas explains that the Gospel does not burden us with endless commands but transforms us from within by the grace of the Holy Spirit, giving us the very power to do what God requires (Romans 8:2). Augustine of Hippo shows what that transformation feels like—learning to be rightly angry at sin, not by blaming darkness outside of us, but by confronting what is within (Psalm 4:4). And John Calvin presses the point further: even after regeneration, the struggle with sin remains, calling us to vigilance, humility, and…
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