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Against the Covenant of Works

June 20, 2026Covenants

The Westminster Confession of Faith (VII, 2) describes the covenant of works as follows: The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience. This language can be understood in two different ways. 1) It may mean…

God’s Covenant with Adam in the Garden

March 2, 2023Covenants

Though the Scriptures do not tell us directly that God's relationship with Adam was covenantal, there was a promise implicit in his threat of death for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is best not to call this a covenant of works.