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The Morning Devotional: WCF 19.5

The Morning Devotional for June 27, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 19.5

V. The moral law doth forever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof;a 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.b Neither doth Christ in the gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen, this obligation.c

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The Morning Devotional: WCF 19.1

The Morning Devotional for June 21, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 19.1

I. God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience; promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatened death upon the breach of it; and endued him with power and ability to keep it.a

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The Morning Devotional: WCF 11.3

The Morning Devotional for April 6, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 11.3

III. Christ, by his obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all those that are thus justified, and did make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to his Father’s justice in their behalf.a Yet inasmuch as he was given by the Father for them,b and his obedience and satisfaction accepted in their stead,c and both freely, not for anything in them, their justification is only of free grace;d that both the exact justice and rich grace of God might be glorified in the justification of sinners.e

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The Morning Devotional: WCF 8.5

The Morning Devotional for March 17, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 8.5

V. 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 his Father,a and purchased not only reconciliation, but an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all those whom the Father hath given unto him.b

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