Bob Godfrey preached from Romans 6 recently and his message inspired me to look again at the relationship between chapters 6, 7, and 8.
Covenant of Works
Federal Theology Is Good News For Sinners
Paul calls Christ the “last” Adam (1 Cor 15:45). So, we know that there was a definite link between the two. In Romans 5:12–21 Paul intentionally wants us to think of Adam and Christ as fulfilling similar roles. Adam was the first . . . Continue reading →
Erskine On The Difference Between Presenting Ourselves To God On The Basis Of Our Obedience And On The Basis Of Christ’s Obedience
He then runs to the way of works by the law, and tries what he can do for his own salvation by his reformation, his prayers, years, vows, penances, and the like. When the man has wearied himself in pursuit of salvation . . . Continue reading →
Herman Witsius Against The Donum Superadditum
God gave to man the charge of this image, as the most excellent deposit of heaven, and, if kept pure and inviolate, the earnest of a greater good; for that end he endued him with sufficient powers from his very formation, so as . . . Continue reading →
Bavinck Contra The Donum Super Additum
It was called a “covenant of nature,” not because it was deemed to flow automatically and naturally from the nature of God or the nature of man, but because the foundation on which the covenant rested, that is, the moral law, was known . . . Continue reading →
Boston: Believers Are Not Under The Moral Law As A Covenant Of Works But As A Rule Of Life
Objection: But does not the apostle say, Rom. 6:14. ‘Ye are not under the law but under grace?’ and Gal. 5:22, 23. ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, &c.—against such there is no law?’
Santa Is Law, Not Gospel
Santa rewards those who meet the terms of a covenant of works: Continue reading
Machen Contra Dispensationalism
But what ought to be clearly observed is that that Covenant of Works or Covenant of Life did not offer “salvation.” The word “salvation” implies something from which one is saved. Adam was not lost when that Covenant of Life was given . . . Continue reading →
9:59 On Some Applications Of The Covenant Of Works
Harrison Perkins: How God Offered Incorruptible Life To Adam (2)
What Is The Covenant Of Works?
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Harrison Perkins On The Covenant Of Works: How God Offered Incorruptible Life To Adam
Harrison Perkins With 8 Minutes And 53 Seconds On The Reward Offered To Adam In The Covenant Of Works
On The Reward Offered To Adam In The Covenant Of Works
Harrison Perkins With 7 Minutes And 11 Seconds On The Covenant Of Works As A Legal Covenant
Harrison Perkins With 6 Minutes and 58 Seconds On The Tree And The Covenant Of Works
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Boston And Rutherford: Baxter Turned The Covenant Of Grace Into A Covenant Of Works
Let us take a watchword from holy and learned Rutherford: ‘We would beware (says he) of Mr. Baxter’s order of setting repentance and works of new obedience before justification; which is indeed a new covenant of works.’ Continue reading →
Harrison Perkins With 7 Minutes And 12 Seconds On The Law In The Covenant Of Works
From the early 1650s Reformed theologians began to speak explicitly of the “covenant of works” to describe God’s relations to Adam (and us) in the garden and to explain the nature of the demands of the law upon God’s image bearers. In . . . Continue reading →
Harrison Perkins With 7 Minutes And 29 Seconds More On The Covenant Of Works
From the early 1650s Reformed theologians began to speak explicitly of the “covenant of works” to describe God’s relations to Adam (and us) in the garden and to explain the nature of the demands of the law upon God’s image bearers. In this second video on the covenant of works, Dr Harrison Perkins explains a bit more about the law as God’s standard of righteousness in the covenant of works. Continue reading →
Harrison Perkins On The Covenant Of Works In 7 Minutes And 7 Seconds
