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Covenant Faithfulness

by richard

Opponents of Federal Vision theology often criticize FV for speaking about the necessity of covenant faithfulness. They claim that it brings works righteousness into the picture.
But covenant faithfulness ought to be understood as simple believing God with a faith that saves; a faith that, by definition, has implications in an individuals life.

And I don’t think any Reformed theologian would disagree with that.

2 comments

1 theophile { 11.17.05 at 1842 }

But the Bible is so chock full of conditional “doing” language that I think you have to acknowledge works as having more centrality to the “covenant faithfulness” picture than the end result. Would you disagree?

2 richard { 11.17.05 at 2139 }

I believe that works are involved in covenant faithfulness, yes. Faith that obeys.

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