Part Two, Chapter 3. The Common Grace Theory of the First Point

- What do you mean by the "First Point"? The first of the three doctrinal declarations adopted by and added to the Confessions of the Christian Re­formed Churches by the Synod of those Churches in 1924. - Can you quote it? Yes; it reads as follows: "Relative to the first point which concerns the favorable attitude of God towards humanity in general and not only towards the elect, synod declares it to be established according to Scrip­ture and the Confession that, apart from the saving grace...