Featured He Who Covers Sin Shall Not Prosper

Have you ever read or studied this confession of faith?

And Yet the 1689 says this; chap.19:
5._____ The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof, and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator, who gave it; neither doth Christ in the Gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation.
( Romans 13:8-10; James 2:8, 10-12; James 2:10, 11; Matthew 5:17-19; Romans 3:31 )

6._____ Although true believers be not under the law as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified or condemned, yet it is of great use to them as well as to others, in that as a rule of life, informing them of the will of God and their duty, it directs and binds them to walk accordingly; discovering also the sinful pollutions of their natures, hearts, and lives, so as examining themselves thereby, they may come to further conviction of, humiliation for, and hatred against, sin; together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ and the perfection of his obedience; it is likewise of use to the regenerate to restrain their corruptions, in that it forbids sin; and the threatenings of it serve to shew what even their sins deserve, and what afflictions in this life they may expect for them, although freed from the curse and unallayed rigour thereof. The promises of it likewise shew them God's approbation of obedience, and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof, though not as due to them by the law as a covenant of works; so as man's doing good and refraining from evil, because the law encourageth to the one and deterreth from the other, is no evidence of his being under the law and not under grace.
( Romans 6:14; Galatians 2:16; Romans 8:1; Romans 10:4; Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7, etc; Romans 6:12-14; 1 Peter 3:8-13 )

7._____ Neither are the aforementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it, the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that freely and cheerfully which the will of God, revealed in the law, requireth to be done.
( Galatians 3:21; Ezekiel 36:27 )

 

"JonC,

All ten commandments are still in effect.

The ten commandments are for all men for all time. All law revealed by God is based on the decalogue.
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To deny this strikes at the heart of the gospel and is based on a view best described as antinomianism.
I have found that when a person does not understand that spiritual death happened at the fall, they can never get the rest of their theology right.

 

JonC,

 

JonC insists on posting these things in every thread;
from this thread alone;

QUOTE]My own actions ended up as an act to cover up my sin (my sin of unforgiveness, of pride, of insulting the man) by pointing to his sin of making false accusations about me.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTEI gave an example earlier of a man making false accusations, slanderous claims, and insults against me. I responded by attacking him.][/QUOTE]

Notice 14 times on this thread alone JonC mentions his obsession with this unnamed person, a violation of Prov18:17, He has been asked to stop, but it seems as if he is bound by a defiled conscience as he himself says this which I have bolded below in RED

If the other person [the object of the obsession of JonC] had made true statements,perhaps what is being labeled as "false accusations" are indeed true observations, not
owned up to.
It is possible this mentioning of this same thing 14 times here, and as many times on about 5 other threads is an illustration of the bolded red portion.
JonC take this obsession to your own threads if you do not mind.

 

As I said, you are entitled to your error and double talk.
We have no evidence anyone lied about you by the way, so give it up JonC.

 

THE MORAL LAW

Calvinism has theologically and historically reserved a high and prominent place for the Moral Law or “Ten Commandments.”1299 The Moral Law is seen as the expression of the moral self–consistency of God [his absolute righteousness] and so is binding upon all humanity, including the state. This accounts for the high moral standard Calvinism has doctrinally and historically brought in its application to religion, government and society.

Bahnsen, Greg L., Theonomy in Christian Ethics. Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1977. 619 pp. (Reformed Reconstructionist)

Boardman, George Dana, University Lectures on the Ten Commandments. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1889, 378 pp.1300 (Baptist)

Boston, Thomas, Complete Works of Thomas Boston. Vol. II. Wheaton: Richard Owen Roberts, 1980. pp. 51–383.


THE 1689 BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH480

Of God’s Covenant

1. 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 attained the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which he hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1

1Luke xvii. 10, Job xxxv. 7, 8.

2. Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by his fall it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace,2 wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved;3 and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life, his Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to believe.4

2Gen. ii. 17, Gal. iii. 10, Rom. iii. 20, 21. 3Rom. viii. 3, Mark xvi. 15, 16, John iii. 16. 4Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27, John vi. 44, 45, Ps. cx. 3.

3. This covenant is revealed in the gospel, first of all to Adam in the promise of salvation by the seed of the woman,5 and afterwards by farther steps, until the full discovery thereof was completed in the New Testament;6 and it is founded in that eternal covenant transaction that was between the Father and the Son about the redemption of the elect;7 and it is alone by the grace of this covenant that all of the posterity of fallen Adam that ever were saved did obtain life and blessed immortality, man being now utterly incapable of acceptance with God upon those terms on which Adam stood in his state of innocency.8

 

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5Gen. iii. 15. 6Heb. i. 1. 72 Tim. i. 9, Tit. i. 2. 8Heb. xi. 6, 13, Rom. iv. 1, 2, &c., Acts iv. 12, John viii. 56.

Of Christ the Mediator

1. It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, according to the covenant made between them both to be the mediator between God and man;1 the prophet,2 priest,3 and king;4 head and saviour of his church,5 the heir of all things,6 and judge of the world;7 unto whom he did from all

480 From the Second London Baptist Confession of 1677 (1689), Chapter 7, “Of God’s Covenant” and Chapter 8, “Of Christ the Mediator.” 178

eternity give a people to be his seed and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.8

1Isa. xlii. 1, 1 Pet. i. 19, 20. 2Acts iii. 22. 3Heb. v. 5, 6. 4Ps. ii. 6, Luke i. 33. 5Eph. i. 22, 23. 6Heb. i. 2. 7Acts xvii. 31. 8Isa. liii. 10, John xvii. 6, Rom. viii. 30.

2. The Son of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the brightness of the Father’s glory, of one substance and equal with him who made the world, who upholdeth and governeth all things he hath made, did, when the fullness of time was come, take upon him man’s nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof,9 yet without sin,10 being conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit coming down upon her: and the power of the Most High overshadowing her; and so was made of a woman of the tribe of Judah, of the seed of Abraham and David according to the scriptures;11 so that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion, which person is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man.12

9John i. 14, Gal. iv. 4. 10Rom. viii. 3, Heb. xi. 14, 16, 17; iv. 15. 11Matt. i. 22, 23, Luke i. 27, 31, 35. 12Rom. ix. 5, 1 Tim. ii. 5.

3. The Lord Jesus, in his human nature thus united to the divine, in the person of the Son, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure,13 having in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;14 in whom it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell,15 to the end that being holy, harmless, undefiled,16 and full of grace and truth,17 he might be throughly furnished to execute the office of a mediator and surety;18 which office he took not upon himself, but was thereunto called by his Father;19 who also put all power and judgment in his hand, and gave him commandment to execute the same.20

13Ps. xlv. 7, Acts x. 38, John iii. 34. l4Col. ii. 3. 15Col. i. 19. 16Heb. vii. 26. 17John i. 14. 18Heb. vii. 22. 19Heb. v. 5. 20John v. 22, 27, Matt xxviii. 18, Acts ii. 36.

4. This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake,21 which that he might discharge he was made under the law,22 and did perfectly fulfil it, and underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have borne and suffered,23 being made sin and a curse for us;24 enduring most grievous sorrows in his soul, and most painful sufferings in his body;25 was crucified, and died, and remained in the state of the dead, yet saw no corruption:26 on the third day he arose from the dead27 with the same body in which he suffered,28 with which he also ascended into heaven,29 and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father making intercession,30 and shall return to judge men and angels at the end of the world.31

21Ps. xl. 7, 8, Heb. x. 5–10, John x. 18. 22Gal. iv. 4, Matt. iii. 15. 23Gal. iii. 13, Isa. liii. 6, 1 Pet. iii. 18. 242 Cor. v. 21. 25Matt. xxvi. 37, 38, Luke xxii. 44, Matt. xxvii. 46. 26Acts xiii. 37. 271 Cor. xv. 3, 4. 28John xx. 25, 27. 29Mark xvi. 19, Acts. i. 9–11. 30Rom. viii. 34, Heb. ix. 24. 31Acts x. 42, Rom. xiv. 9, 10, Acts i. 11, 2 Pet. ii. 4.

5. The Lord Jesus, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the justice of God,32 procured reconciliation, and purchased an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven for those whom the Father hath given unto him.33

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32Heb. ix. 14; x. 14, Rom. iii. 25, 26. 33John xvii. 2, Heb. ix. 1.

6. Although the price of redemption was not actually paid by Christ till after his incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefit thereof were communicated to the elect in all ages successively from the beginning of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifice wherein he was revealed, and signified to be the seed which should bruise the serpent’s head;34 and the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,35 being the same yesterday, and to–day, and forever.36

341 Cor. iv. 10, Heb. iv. 2, 1 Pet. i. 10, 11. 35Rev. xiii. 8. 36Heb. xiii. 8.

7. Christ, in the work of mediation, acteth according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; yet by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in scripture, attributed to the person denominated by the other nature.37

37John iii. 13, Acts xx. 28.

8. To all those for whom Christ hath obtained eternal redemption, he doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same, making intercession for them;38 uniting them to himself by his Spirit, revealing unto them in and by the Word, the mystery of salvation, persuading them to believe and obey,39 governing their hearts by his Word and Spirit,40 and overcoming all their enemies by his almighty power and wisdom,41 in such manner and ways as are most consonant to his wonderful and unsearchable dispensation, and all of free and absolute grace, without any condition foreseen in them to procure it.42

38John vi. 37; x. 15, 16; xvii. 9, Rom. v. 10. 39John xvii. 6, Eph. i. 9, 1 John v. 20. 40Rom. viii. 9, 14. 41Ps. cx. 1, 1 Cor. xv. 25, 26. 42John iii. 8, Eph. i. 8.

9. This office of mediator between God and man is proper only to Christ, who is the prophet, priest, and king of the church of God, and may not be either in whole, or any part thereof, transferred from him to any other.43

431 Tim. ii. 5.

 

I understood the error that was posted.
I insulted no one
I do not respond to dishonest posters and troublemakers. When people come onto a thread only to disrupt it they do not deserve a response.
When such people are identified, it is not an insult but a public service.
Christians are not lawless.
Adam died spiritually at the fall.
Jesus is the law giver and no one said Moses was superior.
Your off topic posts are not welcomed.
The thread is about He who covers sin shall not prosper but who ever confesses his sin shall find mercy
Your little snide remarks are as the commentators said a covering and distraction.
You have been asked repeatedly to keep them on your threads rather than spamming all the threads and embarrassing yourself.

 

I do not believe in Censorship. That being said I do not think you have a right to go on and disrupt every thread with off topic posts.

Anyone who wants to challenge doctrine should do so scripturally.

Next you post one responding you need to do so and that Christ like manner which you post quite often the thing is that implies that you are posting in a Christ like manner and that I or others are not. Just because you say something doesn't make it so. I believe posting in a Christ like matter means being direct and not dishonest I believe posting in a crisis like manner means posting truth and not lies or slander.

I have not misrepresented anyone on this thread.

I did not make false accusations against Mitchell or you. He did not comment on the proverb he came here To make an attack,

He never really addressed the proverb or try to help while offer any scriptural input
On the proverb.

I made a general comment on those who deny spiritual death happened that the fall .
I said if a person denies spiritual death at the fall that the theology is going to be off I did not mention you by name I just made a general observation I said if a person,
now if the shoe fits wear it.
God has put his law in the heart of all christians.
10 commandments Are For all time. The 10 commandments Are not done away.

No insults were made because you make that accusation doesn't mean it's so.

I did not Mis represent you.Again you saying it doesn't make it so.

You are Offering your one sided account Of a person that we don't even know exists doesn't contribute to this thread.