God’s will revealed to His friends
This article begins a series on God's covenant, examining it as a relationship of friendship and communion in which God reveals His will to His people. The author establishes from Scripture that covenant-making involves friendship with God (citing Noah and Abraham), and grounds this understanding in the trinitarian communion of God Himself and Christ's mediatorial role. The resource provides foundational covenant theology with particular attention to the personal, relational character of God's covenant with His elect.
The next few articles in this rubric will be on God's covenant. Lord willing, some of the subjects to be considered will be: - God's covenant is a relationship of friendship and communion that involves God revealing to us His secret will concerning our salvation. - The covenant communion that we have with God is rooted in the communion that the triune God has within Himself. - Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant who confirmed the covenant by His death. - The one covenant people are...
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