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Through the Church Fathers: March 2
When we speak about God’s providence, do we really mean that nothing—not even the human will—escapes his hand?In this reading from Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 18, Sections 5–8, John Calvin presses the question further than most of us are comfortable going. He argues that even Satan’s activity, human decisions, and the seemingly neutral choices of daily life unfold under God’s sovereign direction (1 Samuel 16:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12). Calvin carefully distinguishes God’s righteous purposes from the wicked intentions of Satan and men, showing how God bends—even…
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