Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:11:32 PM
There is so much misinformation and prejudice against John Calvin that one might be more successful in convincing an atheist that the Bible is God’s revelation to man than the truth of the following quote…
‘Calvin's birthday comes six days after the Independence Day that owes much to his teaching’ – Marvin Olasky
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2009/06/23/on_his_500th_birthday,_three_cheers_for_john_calvin
There would be no free America without the influence of Calvinism in northern Europe and then in colonial America. Calvin leaves a rich testimony as a faithful expositor of the Scriptures, and therefore his influence is testimony to the veracity of the Bible.
Trying to set the record straight is a futile effort because the secularists and religionists alike have determined to disparage this man and to impugn his character along with those associated with him.
Calvin is hated for the same reasons that men hate Jesus Christ. Prideful men despise the doctrines of Christ; that God is sovereign over men as the potter is master over the clay and that men are dead in sin and wholly dependent on the grace of God for salvation. The apostate Jewish church hated Christ and plotted against Him. And so the apostate Christian church hated Calvin and Luther and plotted against them.
Biblical truth remains the only effective force against apostasy as demonstrated in the Reformation. Luther was raised up to rediscover the truths of Augustinianism buried beneath 1000 years of superstition under the traditions of men. Calvin was raised up to apply the forgotten truths to the state. Jesus Christ is Lord over all things. His kingdom extends to every sphere of life because His Law and Gospel are universal and absolute.
The Calvinists know that Christ is the sovereign ruler of the nations, and they are willing to fight in order to overthrow tyranny so that liberty and righteousness reign. American liberty was won in most part by the sacrifice and blood of the Calvinists. Those who love liberty and long for it should know of its origin.