Once More—The Promise (2)

As I stated in my previous article, according to our confessions and the scriptures, the promise of God as to the form of its words is not an "if" clause sentence. Hence, such a sentence as, "if you believe, you will be saved," is not the promise. But the promise is simply, "I, the Lord, will save you my people." According to our confessions, the promise of God is not such an "if" clause sentence. This was proved by quotations from the confession (Canons, chap. 11, art. 5). According to the...