Correction
Cammenga issues a correction to his earlier article on antinomianism, acknowledging a misreading of Calvin's commentary on Zechariah regarding the relationship between human repentance and God's mercy. The correction clarifies that Calvin teaches God's mercy is not merited by or dependent upon human repentance, but rather God graciously changes hearts by the Spirit to produce repentance as a response to His sovereign initiative.
A reader raised a question with me about a statement in my January 15, 2023 Standard Bearer article, the fifth installment in Antinomians? Without a Doubt. The statement in question concerns my quote and interpretation of what Calvin says in his commentary on Zechariah 8:15-16. The quote from Calvin reads: And hence we may gather a general truth -- that God cannot be intreated by us [notice, cannot], except we begin to repent; not that our repentance anticipates God's mercy, for the question...
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