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35 results for “Of God's Covenant”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
13
Of God’s Covenant with Man
… condescension on God’s part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.
Of God’s Covenant with Man
This covenant of grace is frequently set forth in Scripture by the name of a Testament, …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
This covenant was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
Man by his fall having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace; …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
Under the gospel, when Christ, the substance, was exhibited, the ordinances in which this covenant is dispensed are the preaching of the Word, and the administration of the sacraments …
Of the Law of God
God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which He bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, …
Of the Sacraments
Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, immediately instituted by God, to represent Christ and His benefits; and to …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
… Spirit, and of the seed of God within them; and the nature of the covenant of grace: from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.
Of the Law of God
Although true believers be not under the law, as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified, or condemned; yet is it of great use …
Of Church Censures
… of God, which might justly fall upon the Church, if they should suffer His covenant and the seals thereof to be profaned by notorious and obstinate offenders.
Of Baptism
… visible Church; but also, to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and …
Of Saving Faith
… resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
9
How is the grace of God manifested in the second covenant?
The grace of God is manifested in the second covenant, in that he freely provideth and offereth to sinners a Mediator, and life and …
What is the preface to the ten commandments?
… being to all his words and works: and that he is a God in covenant, as with Israel of old, so with all his people; who, as he brought …
What is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper in the time of the administration of it?
… merits, rejoicing in his love, giving thanks for his grace; in renewing of their covenant with God, and love to all the saints.
What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?
… private admonition, censures of the church, civil punishments; and our prayers, purposes, promises, vows, covenants, and engagements to God or men: if done deliberately, wilfully, presumptuously, impudently, boastingly, maliciously, …
May not true believers, by reason of their imperfections, and the many temptations and sins they are overtaken with, fall away from the state of grace ?
True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God, and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance, their inseparable union with Christ, his continual intercession for them, …
Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, …
Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree?
… part of both is Christ and his benefits; both are seals of the same covenant, are to be dispensed by ministers of the gospel, and by none other; and …
Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
… of sin and misery, into which they fell by the breach of the first covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Works; but of his mere love and mercy delivereth …
What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created?
… for his help; affording him communion with himself; instituting the sabbath; entering into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience, of which …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
2
What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of …
Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
… good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
11
56-4
… instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ; b. That it is a seal of the Covenant of Grace, of our ingrafting into Christ, and of our union with Him, of …
56-5
56-5. The minister shall then read the covenant promises: For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all …
57-5
… as members of the Church of God by birthright, and as heirs of the covenant promises, the Session has examined and approved (call them by name), who come now …
49-4
… as ordained by God, is the basic institution in society, and God in the Covenant graciously deals with us, not just as individuals but also as families, it is …
38-4
… in writing, of the declarations and promises by which he entered into a solemn covenant with God and His Church (BCO 57-5, nos. 3-5), and warn him that, if …
5-9
… organizing commission shall require communicant members of the mission church present to enter into covenant, by answering the following question affirmatively, with uplifted hand: Do you, in reliance on …
47-7
… in that in public worship God is served by His saints unitedly as His covenant people, the Body of Christ. For this reason the covenant children should be present …
47-2
… only by virtue of the Divine omnipresence but, much more intimately, as the faithful covenant Savior. The Lord Jesus Christ said: “Where two or three are gathered together in …
58-7
… Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you …
52-2
… valley of tears; always remembering to view them as flowing in the channel of covenant love, and intended to be subservient to the preservation and progress of the spiritual …
14-1
… from the following program committees or agencies: 1. Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM); 2. Covenant College (CC); 3. Covenant Theological Seminary (CTS); 4. Mission to North America (MNA); 5. …