Prayer:
Your faithfulness O God, reaches
beyond the heavens to Your people. For
this we rejoice in You! Amen.
Westminster Shorter Catechism Question #12: What special act of providence did God
exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
Answer:
When God had created man, he
entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience;
forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the
pain of death.
Galatians 3: 12
Genesis 2: 17
Phew!
Boy, this is a heavy duty
question isn’t it. Simply put,
God entered into a covenant of life with us all. The covenant of life with Adam and Eve was
rather busted wide open when they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and
evil. Then many generations later, God again fulfilled the covenant by
giving His Son up for sacrifice so that
we could once again have a covenant of
life – of eternal life in God.
That indeed is a special act of providence!
Prayer:
Great God, we hear the words “Do
this in remembrance of me” and we
remember You. We remember all the
stories of Jesus from when we first heard them until we read them again today
and in the future. May we never forget
Your Words to us. Holy Holy Holy
God. Lord of Power and Strength. Heaven
and Earth are full of Your glory. We
give You thanks and praise. Amen.
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