John Calvin himself, responds to complaints concerning our witness at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church

 
July 24, 2003

John Calvin himself, responds to complaints concerning our witness at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church

Pastor Flip,

I thought the responses given to Forest Hills Presbyterian church were excellent. While studying, I came across this commentary by John Calvin on Is 59:4 that says "None calleth for justice, nor any plead for truth..."

He writes "He means that there is not among them any study of what is right or proper, that no man opposes the acts of injustice which are committed by the strong against the weak; and that this leads to licentiousness, because all wink at it, and there is none who cares about undertaking the defense of justice. It is not enough that we abstain from violence, if we do not as far as lies within our power, hinder it from being committed by others. And indeed, whosoever permits what he is able to hinder does in some sense command it; so that silence is a sort of consent."

Who would of thought that the one in whom the Presbyterian Church gives credence to and derives so much of their doctrinal understanding would agree with Operation Save America!

Pastor Daniel