Belgic Confession, Article 17: The Recovery of Fallen Humanity
This excerpt from Article 17 of the Belgic Confession presents the Reformed doctrine of God's gracious response to human sinfulness through the promise of Christ. It emphasizes God's sovereign initiative in salvation—how He actively seeks fallen humanity and offers redemption through the incarnate Son who will defeat Satan—establishing the foundation for the covenant of grace that underlies Protestant Reformed theology.
Article 17: The Recovery of Fallen Humanity We believe that our good God, by marvelous divine wisdom and goodness,seeing that Adam and Eve had plunged themselves in this manner into both physical and spiritual death and made themselves completely miserable,set out to find them, though they,trembling all over,were fleeing from God.And God comforted them, promising to give them his Son,born of a woman,32to crush the head of the serpent,33 and to make them blessed.32Gal. 4:4 33Gen. 3:15