Book 2/Chapter 10 The trials of Isaac and Jacob (section 12) 1. Did Isaac live as troubled a life as Abraham? 2. What about Jacob? 3. What are the implications of this? Looking to the promises (section 13) 1. What Scripture settles the issue? 2. What would the patriarchs have been if God had promised …
Old Testament Faith
Book 2/Chapter 10 They had the Word (section 7) 1. In arguing for the spiritual benefits enjoyed by the Old Testament saints, what does Calvin point to in this section as their possession? God as their God (section 8) 1. What else did they possess? A third argument (section 9) 1. What is Calvin’s next …
Corinthians in the Wilderness
Book 2/Chapter 10 A unified covenant (section 1) 1. What point does Calvin believe it is very important to make? 2. What was said concerning the Jews by Calvin’s opponents? Points of unity (section 2) 1. How much alike are the various covenants that God has made with men? 2. Are these covenants similar? 3. …
Calvin on Law and Gospel
Book 2/Chapter 9 A foretaste (section 1) 1. What did God attest through the Old Testament promises? 2. What did the teaching and ceremonies of the Old Testament point to? 3. Did this make this teaching valueless to the prophets themselves? Two senses of gospel (section 2) 1. What does the word gospel taken in …
Every Sin Deadly
Book 2/Chapter 8 Real commandments (section 57) 1. How was the command to love our enemies diluted by some? 2. What early church fathers did Calvin appeal to in rejecting this? Mortal and venial sins (section 58) 1. What is the definition of venial sin that Calvin works with? 2. But how do these sins …
The Sum of the Law
Book 2/Chapter 8 The sum of the law (section 51) 1. What is the purpose of the whole law? 2. What is a mistake to believe concerning the law? The second table (section 52) 1. Why is the keeping of the law sometimes summarized in the second table only? 2. What are the two indicators …
A Marvelously Tempered Heart
Book 2/Chapter 8 Love and property (section 46) 1. What sort of gain should we pursue? 2. What do greedy men look like? 3. What should we do if we have to contend with faithless and deceitful men? Ninth commandment (section 47) 1. What is the ninth commandment? 2. What is the first form of …
Celibate Follies
Book 2/Chapter 8 Calvin on adultery (section 41) 1. Why should all uncleanness be far from us? 2. What effect does fornication have? Celibate follies (section 42) 1. What makes men doubly subject to women’s society? 2. What two ways is the gift of celibacy given? 3. Why can men not count on God’s help …
A Share in God”s Honor
Book 2/Chapter 8 The wide meaning of honor (section 35) 1. Who is encompassed under the fifth commandment? 2. Is honor a word with a narrow definition? 3. What do fathers, princes or lords all have? Worthy of honor (section 36) 1. Are we allowed to withhold honor based on the recipient’s lack of merit? …
Calvin on Sunday
Book 2/Chapter 8 The chief place (section 29) 1. What lesson occupied the chief place in the Sabbath? 2. When should we be at this place of spiritual rest? The seventh day (section 30) 1. What does the number seven represent in Scripture? Sabbath fulfillment (section 31) 1. Can the sabbath be kept merely by …