Shall we, indeed, distinguish between right and wrong by that judgment which has been imparted to us, yet will there be no judge in heaven? Will there remain for us even in sleep some remnant of intelligence, yet will no God keep watch in governing the world? Shall we think ourselves the inventors of so many arts and useful things that God may be defrauded of his praise?
—John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion I. v. 5.
If a prophet is deceived
If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
—Ezekiel 14:9 ESV, quoted in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, I. xviii. 2.
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
—Amos 3:6 NASB.
—Ezekiel 14:9 ESV, quoted in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, I. xviii. 2.
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
—Amos 3:6 NASB.
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