We had a second session with Sam Waldron today, which I chaired. We came this time to the grace of the new covenant and there were again three points.
1. The covenant's sovereign determination
In Jeremiah 31 rather than the "if" of Exodus 19 we have ten shalls or wills.
2. The covenant's unbreakable character
The old covenant was broken by the people even thought it was in some sense a gracious covenant. The new covenant is one that will niot be broken. The problem with the Old Covenant was the unbelief of the people. There isa sense in which the new covenant is unconditional but there is a sense in which it is not. Our problem is God's wrath against sin rather than sin itself.
3. Its mediatorial guarantor -Christ.
All this points to the deficiency of an Arminian vision of grace, the need not to be embarrassed by the doctrines of grace and the centrality of Christ.
Good stuff once again.
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