You Follow Me

"If I will that he remain. …Christ intended to put his hand on his disciple, in order to keep him within the limits of his calling. 'It is no concern of yours,' says he, 'and you have no right to inquire what becomes of your companion; leave that to my disposal; think only about yourself, and prepare to follow where you are called.' Not that all anxiety about brethren is uncalled for but it ought to have some limit, so that it may be anxiety, and not curiosity, that occupies our attention. Let every man, therefore, look to his neighbors, if by any means he may succeed in drawing them along with him to Christ, and let not the offenses of others retard his own progress…. [W]e ought to remember…that the summary which the Evangelists have committed to writing, is sufficient both for regulating faith and for obtaining salvation. That man who has duly profited under such teachers will be truly wise. And, indeed, since they were appointed by God to be witnesses to us, as they have faithfully discharged their duty; so it is our duty, on the other hand, to depend wholly on their testimony, and to desire nothing more than what they have handed down to us; and especially, because their pens were guided by the sure providence of God…Amen. – John Calvin