1. In God’s appointed and acceptable time, he is pleased to call effectually,1 by his Word and Spirit, those he has predestined to life. He calls them out of their natural state of sin and death to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ.2 He enlightens their minds spiritually and savingly to ... Read More about Chapter 10 – Effectual Calling
Chapter 9 – Free Will
1. God has endowed human will with natural liberty and power to act on choices so that it is neither forced nor inherently bound by nature to do good or evil.1 1Matthew 17:12; James 1:14; Deuteronomy 30:19. 2. Humanity in the state of innocence had freedom and power to will and to do what was ... Read More about Chapter 9 – Free Will
Chapter 8 – Christ the Mediator, 1689 LBCF
1. God was pleased, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, according to the covenant made between them, to be the mediator between God and humanity.1 God chose him to be prophet,2 priest,3and king,4 and to be head and savior of the church,5 the heir of ... Read More about Chapter 8 – Christ the Mediator, 1689 LBCF
Chapter 7 – God’s Covenant, 1689 LBCF
1. Though rational creatures are responsible to obey God as their Creator, the distance between God and these creatures is so great that they could never have attained the reward of life except by God’s voluntary condescension. He has been pleased to express this through a covenant ... Read More about Chapter 7 – God’s Covenant, 1689 LBCF
Chapter 6 – The Fall of Mankind, and Sin and Its Punishment, LBCF
1. God created humanity upright and perfect. He gave them a righteous law that would have led to life if they had kept it but threatened death if they broke it.1 Yet they did not remain for long in this position of honor. Satan used the craftiness of the serpent to seduce Eve, who then seduced ... Read More about Chapter 6 – The Fall of Mankind, and Sin and Its Punishment, LBCF
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