What did Calvin do?

Answer 1

He invented Calvinism and published the Geneva Bible

Answer 2

John Calvin was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation, primarily known for his influential theology and his role in establishing a Protestant form of Christianity in Geneva, Switzerland. He is celebrated for his theological writings, particularly his Institutes of the Christian Religion, and his impact on the development of Protestant thought and practice. Calvin's most famous work, the Institutes, is a systematic presentation of Protestant theology. It was first published in 1536 and underwent numerous revisions throughout his life, becoming a foundational text for Protestant thought.

He is well-known for his doctrine of predestination, which posits that God has predetermined who will be saved and who will be condemned.

Calvin played a crucial role in establishing Geneva as a center of Protestantism, shaping its religious, social, and political life. Finally, perseverance of the saints. Obviously if God has pre-selected some people to be saved, those people will be saved. When they come to faith in Christ and are born again, they’ll never fall away. They’ll never turn the other way. Even though the Bible is full of examples and warnings of that very thing happening! We’re saved by grace through faith and we have to continue to believing to be saved, and that is why there are so many admonitions to continue in the faith in the New Testament. But this is not a possibility in Calvinistic theology. Where do Calvinists come up with these ideas? By isolating scriptures from the rest of the Bible. That’s how all wrong and bad theology is concocted. You have to harmonize your doctrine with the other 30,000 verses in the Bible. I could easily take the Calvinistic proof text and harmonize them with the rest of the Bible and it fits my theology quite well. Calvinists can not harmonize their proof text, rather their interpretation of their proof text, with the rest of the Bible. They love Romans 9, of course taking that out of its context, saying this is how God chooses someone and doesn’t choose the other, whereas Paul was not talking about people being individually saved. He was arguing about the fact that if God wants to, He can sovereignly choose to save Gentiles by faith, the same way He’s been saving Jews for all that time. He can save Gentiles if He so desires, and he does so desire. That’s up to God. Praise the Lord! Not by works, not because of what the Gentiles did, but because of God’s love and his grace. God is love. He wishes for no man to perish, but for all to have eternal life. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. You're a whosoever right? Of coarse, we all are. The gospel literally means good news. It's too good to be true. The gospel is for all people everywhere, it's for people of all tribes and tongues. Ask Jesus into your heart right now. say; Dear Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Forgive me of my sins. Wash me, cleanse me, set me free. Jesus thank you that you died for me. I believe that you are risen from the dead and that you're coming back again for me. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, give me a passion for he lost, a hunger for the things of God, and a holy boldness to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm save, I'm born-again, I'm forgiven and I'm on my way to heaven because I have Jesus in my heart. As a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I tell you today that all of your sins are forgive. Always remember to run to God, never away from God, because He loves you and has a great plan for your life.