The covenant and Dordt (14)
Dykstra argues that the Reformed doctrine of God's covenant of grace must be entirely consistent with the unconditional soteriology affirmed by the Canons of Dort, particularly regarding election, reprobation, and the atonement. The article challenges any notion of a bilateral or conditional covenant, asserting that salvation is entirely God's work with no dependence on human conditions or fulfillment.
The doctrine of God's covenant of grace with His people must be fully in harmony with the Canons of Dordt. Of course, it is true that in a Reformed church the doctrine of the covenant must be in harmony with all the Reformed confessions. But the covenant must explicitly conform to the Canons because the Canons set forth the Reformed doctrine of salvation. And the covenant is salvation, for God saves His people in order to bring them into the covenant relationship of love and friendship. The...
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