Most believers take seriously the membership portion of 1689. 26. 12, 13, but not the censures. We are too good to be bad, meaning we cannot be criticized or judged for lack of faithfulness. No one has the right to step on our rights. To be admitted … [Continue reading] about The Censures of the Church
Final Judgment
Why does God have a day of judgment? Is such a thing necessary? What purpose does it serve? Why not just consign sinful unbelieving people to hell itself? The answer is found in chapter 32. 2 The end of God’s appointing this day, is for the … [Continue reading] about Final Judgment
Saving Faith’s Working
What does saving faith do? 1. it yields obedience to God's commands. 2. it trembles at God's threatenings. 3. it embraces the promises of God. (1689 Confession, 14. 2) … [Continue reading] about Saving Faith’s Working
The Law in Man’s Creation
Chapter 6 states "God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach thereof." What law was this? It was nothing less than God's moral law that belongs to … [Continue reading] about The Law in Man’s Creation
Humbled or Hardened
The Confession in the section on Divine Providence has two sections (1689. 5. 5, 6) that reveal how God deals with a believer and an unbeliever. (See Here). God acts upon the Christian to produce a humbling, but in the case of an unbeliever he … [Continue reading] about Humbled or Hardened