The Hexaemeron or Creation-Week (13): The Creation of Man (6)

From this quotation of Prof. Berkhof we may cer­tainly conclude that the doctrine of a covenant of works includes the following elements. First, when God created man He, by that very act, established a a natural relationship between Himself and man. This was a relationship like that between the potter and the clay. God is God and man is His creature. Hence, this is a natural relationship, simply follows from the act of creation. In this relationship Adam must serve God and could never have...