Covenant Reformed News – July 2011 • Volume XIII, Issue 15
This excerpt from Covenant Reformed News expounds on Psalm 87:1, presenting the church's foundation as rooted in Christ, God's eternal election, and the everlasting covenant of grace. The author traces the unshakeable firmness and glorious defense of the church to God's infinite attributes and sovereign purposes, grounding ecclesiology in Reformed doctrines of election and covenant.
Glorious Things Spoken of the Church (2) The glorious elevation, mighty defence and unshakeable firmness of Jerusalem (Ps. 87:1) refer to Jesus Christ who is God’s foundation of the church. “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (I Cor. 3:11). The church is established in the blood of her crucified head and Saviour. Thus the church’s foundation can also be said to be her eternal election in Christ, for election and Christ are inseparably connected (Eph....