Today’s reading presses us to recognize that the God revealed in Scripture is not a different God from the one made known in creation—but the same Lord, now speaking with clarity, authority, and moral demand. John Calvin shows how Scripture gathers what creation whispers and declares it plainly: God’s steadfast love, righteous judgment, and faithful rule over the world. Against the confusion of pagan religion and philosophical speculation, Scripture does not refine humanity’s guesses—it excludes them. It identifies the true God by His works, His character, and His Word, and in doing so calls us not merely to think rightly about God, but to worship Him with integrity, obedience, and trust.

Readings: John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 10, Sections 1–3 Augustine, The Confessions Thomas Aquinas, ...