Abounding Grace: Belonging, The Covenant of Grace

Sunday we’ll continue our series considering God’s Abounding Grace as revealed in the Covenant of Grace. Our Confession says, “The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which he has been pleased to express by way of covenant.”  Together, we’ll lay a foundation for understanding the Covenant of Grace in comparison to the Covenant of Works given to Adam in the garden of Eden.

While the Covenant of Grace is administered differently in the New Testament compared to the Old, it remains the foundation of our relationship to God. God bends toward us to make our relationship with him possible, providing for our redemption in Christ Jesus our Lord. It’s that “bend toward” us that is itself an act of grace, motivated by his goodness and love. That movement toward us results in our reconciliation to him and adoption into his family. The end of God’s Covenant of Grace is our belonging to him and his family. Hence the title of the series, “Belonging.” Join us Sunday as we begin this new study in God’s abounding grace.