Next Steps: Chapter 7, God’s Covenant – Part 1

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The 1689 Confession includes other references to the Covenant of Grace (see below). Based on these references, what are the saving benefits of the Covenant of Grace?

But the principal acts of saving faith focus directly on Christ—accepting, receiving, and resting upon Him alone for justification, sanctification and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.

XIV.2 Saving Faith Page

Therefore, God has mercifully provided in the covenant of grace that believers who sin and fall will be renewed through repentance to salvation.

XV.2 Repentance to Life and Salvation

God has made full provision through Christ in the covenant of grace to preserve believers in their salvation.

XV.5 Repentance to Life and Salvation

It is based on the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ and union with Him, the oath of God, the abiding of His Spirit, the seed of God within them, and the nature of the covenant of grace.

XVII.2 Perseverance of the Saints