John Calvin's Vocasy: The Influence Of God

known to us through the created world and providing care through the goodness of God’s mercy. (2) Splendid theatre, the picture of creation and the natural world testifies on God’s goodness as a caring Father with His creation. (3) God’s care and cosmological order, represents God’s care and who upholds as the ultimate ruler of our world and lives. (4) God’s providential care in history, portraying the image of “God as Father and Judge, and the terms ‘righteousness’ and ‘judgement’ in humankind history.” Clarifying the distinction between punitive judgement (God as Judge over unbelievers) and the corrective judgement (the Fatherhood of God to discipline His children). (5) The asymmetry of God and humanity, the double wisdom from human perspective …show more content…
This is an opportunity to prepare as students in order to defend one’s elements of theology, to expose to different disciplines of theology, to develop critical thinking, and to eventually stand firm not in fear, but in faith trusting the Word of God and the Cosmic real estate developer. In the opening, Cornelis approached the topic with a neutral stand point, but with a clear intent of the importance of knowing this doctrine through Calvin’s thinking. He describes six distinctive topics based on Calvin’s Theology of the Providence of God. Each of these is outgoing, active, visible, public, and perfect. To summarize, Cornelis said that “although contemporary science has changed our ideas regarding the universe in significant ways, there is an important aspect of Calvin’s thinking that may be recognizable for the modern mind: the fragility of life on