Invitation to Fear God, Then to Trust God

“Indeed, the knowledge of God set forth for us in Scripture is destined for the very same goal as the knowledge whose imprint shines in his creatures, in that it invites us first to fear God, then to trust in him. By this we can learn to worship him both with perfect innocence of life and with unfeigned obedience, then to depend wholly upon his goodness” (Translated by Ford Lewis Battles, John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 98).