Book 2/Chapter 8 Out of bondage (section 15) 1. What does Calvin identify as one of the greatest crimes? 2. Why does God reveal Himself through certain particular titles? 3. What did Israel’s enslavement in Israel represent typologically? Authority (section 16) 1. What does the first commandment reveal about God’s authority? 2. What four things …
The Ten Words
Book 2/Chapter 8 Strong language (section 10) 1. Why does God rebuke sin so strongly in the law, put the worst possible light on our behavior? For example, why call hatred murder? Two tables (section 11) 1. How does Calvin divide the law given in the ten commandments? 2. What is vanity to attempt? Right …
The Law Restored
Book 2/Chapter 8 The law’s sufficiency (section 5) 1. Nothing is more acceptable to God than what? 2. What religious affectation is rooted in man’s nature? 3. What is an intolerable profanation of divine righteousness? Total law (section 6) 1. If an earthly king forbids a particular action, what is not included? 2. How is …
Natural Law Written
Book 2/Chapter 8 Natural law written (section 1) 1. What is the written moral law? 2. What does God reprove us for through the law? 3. Why is the written law necessary? Inexorable law (section 2) 1. When do we render God the reverence due to Him? 2. In what way is God always like …
The Third Use of the Law
Book 2/Chapter 7 The third use (section 12) 1. What is the third use of the law, according to Calvin? 2. Is this a minor use of the law? 3. How does the law help the believer? 4. Is this use dependent upon precept alone? Antinomianism (section 13) 1. What do certain ignorant persons do? …
The Mirror of Law
Book 2/Chapter 7 Removing self-deception (section 6) 1. Without seeing ourselves in the mirror of God’s law, what happens to us? 2. When we stand on our own judgment, what do we tend to do? Reflective law (section 7) 1. The law is compared to what? 2. As we grow tired under the burden of …
Uses of the Law
Book 2/Chapter 7 The meaning of law (section 1) 1. What does Calvin mean when he uses the word “law”? 2. What was the basic reason for giving the law? The end of the law (section 2) 1. What should we remember with regard to the Ten Commandments? 2. The righteousness taught by the commandments …
The Coming David
Book 2/Chapter 6 Always Christ (section 3) 1. When is Christ prefigured in the Old Testament? 2. In the Old Testament, on what did our redemption and eternal salvation depend? 3. The hope of all the godly has always reposed where? Faith in God alone is insufficient (section 4) 1. What will happen to someone’s …
A Magnificent Theater
Book 2/Chapter 6 The need for a Mediator (section 1) 1. What illustration does Calvin use to describe heaven and earth? 2. What is our problem then? 3. What does God do for us in this situation? 4. Has any worship apart from Christ ever pleased God? Even in the old covenant (section 2) 1. …
Allegorically Half Alive?
Book 2/Chapter 5 Straining for something (section 17) 1. What argument for free will is drawn from Romans 9:16? 2. What word does Calvin use in dismissing this argument? Ecclesiasticus (section 18) 1. Does Calvin reject the author of Ecclesiasticus? 2. How does he handle this appeal? 3. What does man need instead of an …