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The accurate--and honest--way of expressing their position would be, 'The covenant with its blessings and salvation is outside the sovereign control of predestination.' Or, 'the blessings and salvation of the covenant are broader, much broader, than election.' Or, 'the grace of God in the covenant i
The basic charge against the Protestant Reformed doctrine of the covenant of grace by Canadian Reformed ("Liberated") theologian Dr. J. DeJong is that it is an "election theology" of the covenant. In his letter in the March 15, 199l issue of the Standard Bearer, Dr. DeJong wrote: Engelsma is only pe
This, then, is foundational: election governs God's covenant of grace. The elect are predestinated to the adoption of children and are heirs of eternal life in the covenant of grace. Because this is so crucial, the next article will demonstrate more completely from Scripture and the confessions (esp
Covenant and election are different in important respects. They are not different in respect of sovereign grace. Covenant grace is as sovereign as is the grace of election. They are the one, saving grace of the triune God in Jesus Christ. And the grace of God in Jesus Christ is sovereign. Neither a
By contrast, a covenant controlled by election is a covenant with election. Having election it is a covenant with assurance, which assurance has “no room for complacency” and is the real source of the zealous godly life. For the sake of “no complacency” and a real and genuine assurance as the sourc
A covenant liberated from election necessarily extends the covenant grace of God in Christ to many more than those only who are finally saved by this grace, posits a death of Christ for many members of the covenant who perish in the end, and allows for the falling away of many who were once united t
Now that means that election is covenantal. That election is not the way it's sometimes portrayed as a kind of sea of faces of humanity out there and the God comes, as it were, through it in his counsel and says, I'll take that one, that one, and that one, skip that one, and take this one, skip the
Election is a doctrine which unrenewed men cannot endure, hut nevertheless, is a glorious and well-attested truth, and one which should comfort the tempted believer. Election is the guarantee of complete salvation, and an argument for success at the throne of grace. He who chose us for Himself will
soul, (hen He reveals Christ as the complete and perfect Saviour from sin (John 15:26; 16:14) and finally He grants the gifts of repentance and; faith (2 Timothy 2:25, Ephesians 2:8-9). Their coming to Christ is thus purely voluntary: they are made 'willing in the day of His power1 (Psalm 110:3). E