In Chapter 5 of Book 1 of the Institutes, Calvin discusses the two main ways that God is revealed in creation. The first of these Calvin divides this into two sub-parts: 1. Creation acts as a type of mirror by which we can begin to see God (Section 1) and 2. the complex way in which creation is ordered (Section 2). To see evidence of God’s wisdom requires us to look no further than the intricate way humans are designed (Section 3). The second way God is revealed is through the governing order of society (Section 7). This essentially means that God is just. All of this should give humanity the desire to worship God. “Indeed, no one gives himself freely and willingly to God’s service unless, having tasted his fatherly love, he is drawn to love and worship him in return,” he writes. I think this chapter is very relevant to the discussion of the origin of life, or the question of “who” versus “how.”
