[ksen]

I understand that, but you didn't address the question I posted. Calvin says men, "put out the light intended to exhibit God clearly to their minds."

God INTENDED to be exhibited clearly to men's minds, yet the nature of men was strong enough to thwart what God INTENDED, according to Calvin.

Who is Sovereign?

[Jean Chauvin]

Way back when we started this discussion (chapter 1), I noted that we need to make the distinction between the sinless perfect nature we would have had if Adam did not fall, and the fallen sinful nature we do have as a result of that fall. In other words, God put the light in men's minds before the fall.

That "light" is still there. However, since the creation, men fell. We no longer have a perfect sinless nature. We have a fallen sinful nature.

Now, that "light" which was clear to sinless man, has been "put out" by our sinful nature and the resulting enmity men have with God.

Jean