The covenant of works, its confessional & scriptural basis Charles & Norma Ellis Edited by David Powlison

Edited by David Powlison

Paul's church

President of Ligonier Ministries

ISBN: 9781601784353

The covenant of works, its confessional & scriptural basis Charles & Norma Ellis Edited by David PowlisonMoses, writing after the historical acts of creation, utilizes the covenantal name of God, Yahweh, while discussing Adams Edenic vocation (Gen. 2: 4ff.). Isaiah utilizes concepts that started with Adam to explain the universal guilt of man, while using the word covenant (Isa. 25: 5 6). Hosea, looking back upon previous written revelation, makes explicit what was implicit in it. The prophets inspired words give us Gods infallible knowledge of one of