Blogging The Institutes: Day 27 1.14.1 -1.14.1

So just as personal recap, Calvin divided his Institutes into four separate books. The current book is centered around the knowledge of Creator God. To this point we have looked an many many different angles ranging from how we are to see the Creator God in ourselves, in the earth, and how He gave us the Scriptures as a guide to lead us to this deeper knowledge of the Creator God.

One thought that continually strikes me is how much time and precision Calvin put into organizing the books as he did. With this we know why he paid careful attention in building the foundation of relying solely on Scripture as our guide, for as we get deeper and deeper into the workings and attributes of God, many questions will arise, and Satan will use those opportunities as doorways less we head them off with sound Scripture.

Calvin begins to address a few concerns he must have been approached with in his day, for chapter 14 begins by addressing the understanding that there are things we humans just will not know while on earth. There are things we cant comprehend and there are things that God may have just wanted to keep to himself. He is after all, God. Fortunately for us God is a loving God and will supply us with all the knowledge we NEED. For instance God allows for us to peak into the creation of the world. HELLO!! a window into the creation of the world. Pretty cool.

So as Calvin states, "Therefore, let us willingly remain hedged in by those boundaries within which God has been pleased to confine our persons, and, as it were, enclose our minds, so as to prevent them from losing themselves by wandering unrestrained."