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38 results for “The Nature of God”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
14
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
… immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ; the …
Of Repentance unto Life
… also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins, as contrary to the holy nature and righteous law of God; and upon the apprehension of his mercy in Christ …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is …
Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner; whereby …
Of Free Will
God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship …
Of Free Will
When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, He freeth him …
Of the Holy Scripture
Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, …
Of Effectual Calling
All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased in His appointed and …
Of the Law of God
… others; in that, as a rule of life informing them of the will of God, and their duty, it directs, and binds them to walk accordingly; discovering also the …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
16
How doth it appear that there is a God?
The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; …
Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God?
It was requisite that the Mediator should be God, that he might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking under the infinite …
Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person ?
It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person, …
Of what use is the moral law to all men?
… moral law is of use to all men, to inform them of the holy nature and will of God, and of their duty, binding them to walk accordingly; to …
Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
… covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father, in the fulness of time became …
What misery did the fall bring upon mankind?
The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond …
Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?
… natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God's ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family, church, or commonwealth.
What do we pray for in the third petition?
… Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,) acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and …
How was Christ exalted in his ascension?
… with his apostles, speaking to them of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God, and giving them commission to preach the gospel to all nations, forty days after …
What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?
… likely to be followed by others. 2. From the parties offended: if immediately against God, his attributes, and worship; against Christ, and his grace; the Holy Spirit, his witness, …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
1
Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?
The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
7
16-3
16-3. Upon those whom God calls to bear office in His Church He bestows suitable gifts for the discharge …
21-5
… the proceedings of the Presbytery preparatory to the ordination; he shall point out the nature and importance of the ordinance, and endeavor to impress the audience with a proper …
24-6
… after which the presiding minister shall state in a concise manner the warrant and nature of the office of ruling elder, or deacon, together with the character proper to …
59-6
59-6. Marriage is of a public nature. The welfare of civil society, the happiness of families, and the credit of Christianity, …
36-6
… the authority of the church to cast out unworthy members, and shall explain the nature, use and consequences of this censure. He shall then administer the censure in the …
56-4
… Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, and ends of this sacrament, showing: a. That it is instituted by our …
38-4
… 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 he persists, …