Calvin Quote On Wicked Government & it’s Implication

Calvin believed that “powers are from God, not as pestilence, and famine, and wars, and other visitations for sin, are said to be from Him; but because He has appointed them for the LEGITIMATE and JUST government of the world. For though tyrannies and unjust exercise of power, as they are full of disorder, are NOT an ordained government; yet the right of government is ordained by God for the well-being of mankind.”

The implication is clear. If Governments impress tyranny upon a people and do not govern justly, as God counts “just” then those disordered governments are NOT ordained by God, and God’s people, out of fealty to the Lord Christ, do not owe said governments fealty.

Author: jetbrane

I am a Pastor of a small Church in Mid-Michigan who delights in my family, my congregation and my calling. I am postmillennial in my eschatology. Paedo-Calvinist Covenantal in my Christianity Reformed in my Soteriology Presuppositional in my apologetics Familialist in my family theology Agrarian in my regional community social order belief Christianity creates culture and so Christendom in my national social order belief Mythic-Poetic / Grammatical Historical in my Hermeneutic Pre-modern, Medieval, & Feudal before Enlightenment, modernity, & postmodern Reconstructionist / Theonomic in my Worldview One part paleo-conservative / one part micro Libertarian in my politics Systematic and Biblical theology need one another but Systematics has pride of place Some of my favorite authors, Augustine, Turretin, Calvin, Tolkien, Chesterton, Nock, Tozer, Dabney, Bavinck, Wodehouse, Rushdoony, Bahnsen, Schaeffer, C. Van Til, H. Van Til, G. H. Clark, C. Dawson, H. Berman, R. Nash, C. G. Singer, R. Kipling, G. North, J. Edwards, S. Foote, F. Hayek, O. Guiness, J. Witte, M. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Mencken, Lasch, Postman, Gatto, T. Boston, Thomas Brooks, Terry Brooks, C. Hodge, J. Calhoun, Llyod-Jones, T. Sowell, A. McClaren, M. Muggeridge, C. F. H. Henry, F. Swarz, M. Henry, G. Marten, P. Schaff, T. S. Elliott, K. Van Hoozer, K. Gentry, etc. My passion is to write in such a way that the Lord Christ might be pleased. It is my hope that people will be challenged to reconsider what are considered the givens of the current culture. Your biggest help to me dear reader will be to often remind me that God is Sovereign and that all that is, is because it pleases him.

4 thoughts on “Calvin Quote On Wicked Government & it’s Implication”

  1. When the Bible says to “obey the government” “Pray for them” “Pay your taxes” they were referring to the Roman government and other Kings down through the ages. Going by your definition is ludicrous. What government has every been a truly holy righteous one? Maybe when David was king but even he wasn’t perfect.
    Be very careful not to misinterpret Scripture, my brothers.

    1. Dear Less.

      The bible never says without qualifying itself to “obey the government.”

      Be very careful you know what Scripture says before you tell those who know what Scripture says that Scripture doesn’t say that… Brother.

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