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The Bible is divided, quite literally, into two covenants. With this understanding we should be intent to understand the idea of covenant and its implications for us as believers. David examines the theology of covenant in a way that confirms the consistency of the Scriptures. With a greater revelation of covenant comes a worldview that empowers and informs our relationship with Jesus Christ.

would be the fruit of faith and, as Romans 4 shows, faith was an outstanding characteristic of Abraham. This is how it must always be in the covenant. The divine initiative must be met by the response of faith, which inevitably issues in obedience if it is genuine. As Ephesians 2:8–9 demonstrates, even such faith is the gift of God. By the gracious working of the Holy Spirit, God enables His people to fulfil the conditions of the covenant. All the glory, therefore, belongs to God. Some Reformed writers
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