Chambering? and Wantonness?
Posted February 12, 2009
Moreover, it is to be
observed that we cannot desire Jesus Christ without aspiring to the
righteousness of God, which consists in renouncing ourselves and obeying his
will. For it is preposterous to pretend that we are of the body of Christ,
while abandoning ourselves to all licentiousness, and leading a dissolute life.
Since in Christ is nought but chastity, benignity, sobriety, truth, humility,
and such like virtues, if we would be his members, all uncleanness,
intemperance, falsehood, pride, and similar vices must be put from us. For we cannot intermingle these things with
him without offering him great dishonor and insult. We ought always to remember
that there is no more agreement between him and iniquity than between light and
darkness. If we would come then to true repentance, we must endeavor to make
our whole life conformable to the example of Jesus Christ. –John Calvin. “A
Short Treatise on the Supper of our Lord” Paragraph 24.
Seems that Calvin thought there was more to Christianity that warming the
bottom in church and having the ears tickled.
“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” (Ro 13:13)
