What is the “distance” between God and man? Why do “reasonable creatures” owe obedience to God? Is there a general ownership that God has toward all his creation? Why does the Confession use the word “fruition”? How has God condescended to us? What is a covenant? Tune in as Nathan, Joel, Shawn, and Kyle discuss these questions and more from WCF 7.1:
The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which He has been pleased to express by way of covenant.
For More Resources on Today’s Topic Check These Out…
A Treatise on the Covenant of Grace by John Ball
The True Bounds of Christian Freedom by Samuel Bolton
A View of the Covenant of Grace by Thomas Boston
The Doctrine of the Covenant and Testament of God by Johannes Cocceius
The Law is Not of Faith ed by Bryan Estelle
Covenant Theology by Peter Golding
The Covenant of Grace by Matthew Henry
Introducing Covenant Theology by Michael Horton
Covenant of Grace by John Murray
The Great Mystery of the Covenant of Grace by Samuel Petto
Christ of the Covenants by O Palmer Robertson
The Covenant of Life Opened by Samuel Rutherford
A Discourse of the Two Covenants by William Strong
Christ and Covenant Theology by Cornelis Venema
The Covenant of Grace by JG Vos
The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man by Herman Witsius*
*Kyle’s favorite set!
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