Whenever I speak of my love for Calvinism the first attack leveled at my theology always goes something like this,
“Calvin is just a man.” or “Why are you worshiping Calvin?”
And I respond,
“You do not understand. Calvinists do not worship Calvin, for if we did we would not be Calvinists, for Calvinism levels all glory and worship to God and God alone, for Calvin was dead, living a life of total depravity, unable to love God, to love holiness, until Calvin was called by the grace and power of God alone. So to say that Calvinists are worshiping a man is to completely miss the point of Calvinism.”
So in honor of Calvin’s birthday it is only fitting to glorify God, because all that Calvin was able to accomplish theologically could not have been done without Christ’s death and resurrection, without the drawing of the Spirit, without the will of the Father. Left to his own, Calvin would have never been able to see the beauty of the Creator.
Rather than simply honoring Calvin’s legacy, honor Calvin by glorifying God, for I believe Calvin would want nothing less. It is not Calvin we praise, it is not Calvinism we cling to, but the glorious, magnificent, beautiful, lovely, holy, righteous, all-knowing and all-powerful creator of all things.
To Him be the Glory.