The Development of the Covenant of Grace (2): The Idea of the Covenant (2)

British Reformed Journal, no. 3 (July-September, 1993) Man's Overriding Sin When the devil came into the beautiful garden of Paradise to tempt our first parents, Adam and Eve, he persuaded them to eat of the forbidden tree by means of the tantalising lie, "Ye shall be as Cod." This lie has been perpetuated through the ages in the lives of men as the devil prompts them to sin and follow his devices. Ever and again, man has folowed the lie of Satan and has striven with all his might "to be as...