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Interesting article. I enjoyed it, and think there is great wisdom in Calvin's words as quoted.
"Moreover, there is subjoined the reason for our great boldness in asking and confidence of obtaining, (sec. 11, 36.) Although this does not exist in the Latin copies, yet as it accords so well with the whole, we cannot think of omitting it. The words are, THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. Here is the calm and firm assurance of our faith. For were our prayers to be commended to God by our own worth, who would venture even to whisper before him? Now, however wretched we may be, however unworthy, however devoid of commendation, we shall never want a reason for prayer, nor a ground of confidence, since the kingdom, power, and glory, can never be wrested from our Father." (John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. III, Of Prayer 20:47)
Indeed, our prayers are never to be commended to God because our worth, but through the kingdom, power, and glory of our God we may come boldly!
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