Book 1/Chapter 17
Joyful trust(section 11)
1. If we would rightly dread forture, what may our attitude toward God’s providence be?
2. Can anything happen that God does not determine?
3. When the world appears to be “aimlessly tumbled about,” what is the Lord doing?
Objections(section 12)
1. What is an obvious objection to this position?
2. Name three places cited by Calvin where Scripture mentions God “repenting.”
3. Why does Calvin take the citation about God repenting that He had made Saul king figuratively?
God accommodates our frailty(section 13)
1. What problem is God solving when He speaks figuratively in this way?
2. In such passages, what should we understand by the word “repenting?”
God executes His plan (section 14)
1. How does the context of God’s warnings to Nineveh and Hezekiah help us understand their underlying meaning?
These are the questions for the readings for Monday, February 23, and those readings can be found here.