<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Whatever opinion we might have on the covenants of God with man, we cannot escape the fundamental truth that covenant theology is the best way of presenting the Biblical development of God’s revelation in the history of mankind. Therefore, our duty is to learn to think in covenantal terms, because thinking in covenantal terms means to think biblically. When God, in His sovereignty, has chosen to deal with man, He has chosen to do so through two covenants: the covenant of works, made between God and Adam as the representative head of all mankind, and through the covenant of grace, made between God and Christ on behalf of those who were predestined and elected in Christ.</p></abstract>

Whatever opinion we might have on the covenants of God with man, we cannot escape the fundamental truth that covenant theology is the best way of presenting the Biblical development of God’s revelation in the history of mankind. Therefore, our duty is to learn to think in covenantal terms, because thinking in covenantal terms means to think biblically. When God, in His sovereignty, has chosen to deal with man, He has chosen to do so through two covenants: the covenant of works, made between God and Adam as the representative head of all mankind, and through the covenant of grace, made between God and Christ on behalf of those who were predestined and elected in Christ.

John Murray and James B. Torrance on Covenant Theology

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Whatever opinion we might have on the covenants of God with man, we cannot escape the fundamental truth that covenant theology is the best way of presenting...

John Murray and James B. Torrance on Covenant Theology

Publié en ligne: 14 févr. 2019

Pages: 91 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0006

Mots clés
covenant, federal theology, grace, interpretation, worship

© 2019 Dinu Moga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

John Murray and James B. Torrance on Covenant Theology

Publié en ligne: 14 févr. 2019

Pages: 91 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0006

Mots cléscovenant, federal theology, grace, interpretation, worship

© 2019 Dinu Moga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
covenant, federal theology, grace, interpretation, worship