Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 11 Chapter 7 – Of God’s Covenant with Man (Paragraphs 1-3) I. 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, …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 9 Chapter 5 – Of Providence cont. (Paragraphs 5-7) V. The most wise, righteous, and gracious God, does often times leave for a season his own children to manifold temptations and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto …

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Greg Lucas has written many encouraging and touching reflections about being a father to Jake, his profoundly disabled son (now aged 18). None have been more poignant than this. My face seems to be scarred these days with the dried and salty tear tracks of weary frustration. I cry more than people know—more than a …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 8 Chapter 5 – Of Providence (Paragraphs 1-4) I. God, the great Creator of all things, does uphold, direct dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the …

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