Institutes of Christian Religon

Here is the second selection we had to read this week, it was from John Calvin's Institutes of Christian Religion, the ideas about predestination that are talked about in the third book of the work is really fascinating although as a fellow student pointed out, it can be really hard to grasp, though it is an idea that all should grapple with.
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Institutes of Christian Religion

In the selections from John Calvin's Institutes of Christian Religion, begins with a letter from Calvin to the King of France, it warns the King of evil men among his advisers who only have their own greedy interests in mind and not the interests of the King or truth. “The Subject of the Present Work” explains that the book is intended to be an aid to those who are just beginning their journey into the process of learning about the Bible. The selection from book three of Calvin's work is about his views on predestination. He spends the first chapter explaining that predestination is a view where God not only chooses those he will save and condemn, but also then shapes them how he wants to, but that the choice happens before any merit may be gained, and then the second chapter is spent refuting arguments brought forth against his view, along with some more clarification to his argument.