On Thursday the 20th of June, 1555. The 34th sermon, which is the fifth on the fifth chapter. After he had spoken of the pure worship and serving God, by glorifying his name without dishonoring it in oaths or in other ways, he now mentions service to God as it is required in his Law, [...]
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John Calvin Preaching On the Sabbath
Posted: July 25, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Calvinism, John Calvin1
“It is not the principal part of a sacrament simply to hold forth the body of Christ to us without any higher consideration, but rather to seal and confirm that promise by which he testifies that his flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink indeed, nourishing us unto life eternal, and by which he [...]
From the knowledge of God, furnished by the Law, we learn that God is our Father and Ruler. Righteousness is pleasing, iniquity is an abomination in his sight. Hence, how weak soever we may be, our duty is to cultivate the one, and shun the other. Taken from 2.8.2, “It is now easy to understand [...]
The Law was committed to writing, in order that it might teach more fully and perfectly that knowledge, both of God and of ourselves, which the law of nature teaches meagrely and obscurely. Proof of this, from an enumeration of the principal parts of the Moral Law; and also from the dictate of natural law, [...]
John Calvin Dealing with Self-Denial
Posted: July 4, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Calvinism, John CalvinIt can easily be said that the summary of the Christian Life is one that is in constant self-denial. To what exactly it takes for one to be consistent in this may be at hard times to see. Understanding that the christian is not of his own, but only to seek the glory of God [...]
For the Christian Man today life can at times seem hard to draw the connection between living yet in a sinful body but being regenerated already. Yet John Calvin does an amazing job explaining this relationship – the Necessity of the doctrine concerning the Male Christian Life. The brevity of this treatise. The method of it. [...]
The need for Scripture is confirmed By ONE the depravity of our nature making it necessary in every one who would know God to have recourse to the word and by TWO From those passages of the Psalms in which God is introduced as reigning. Calvin writes in 1.6.3 of his Institutes, For if we [...]
How Bad Do You Need the Scripture?
Posted: June 19, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Calvinism, John CalvinThe Scriptures act as a guide for the people of God, better yet they are the teacher bringing those that our the Lord’s elect to Him. How much greater is it for the believer of the gospel to know that they have been given the Scriptures, so that they might know Him and live in [...]
A Twofold Knowledge of God—Before the Fall and After It
Posted: June 17, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Calvinism, John CalvinThe necessary rules to be observed in considering the state of man before the fall being laid down, the point first considered is the creation of the body, and the lesson taught by its being formed out of the earth, and made alive. Institutes 1.15.1. states, We have now to speak of the creation of [...]
Wisdom, the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment, but where does one find his or her’s wisdom in a day and age that seems to claim so many truths. John Calvin helps break down how the evil of man can still yet be used for the good things of God and how God uses that to lead His [...]
