The Larger Catechism (Page 6)

There Is Only One Mediator

1 Timothy 2:5-6 No one may approach God without a mediator, but God has graciously supplied one through His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace Instead of Grace

John 1:16-17 The Old and New Covenants were both gracious covenants based upon the work of Christ, though in the New Covenant that grace is more greatly displayed.

The Blessings of the Covenant of Grace

1 John 5:11-12 The Covenant of Grace guarantees to us a gracious Mediator, and salvation through Him, the gift of the Spirit to work faith in us, and every spiritual blessing, in Christ Jesus.

The Parties of the Covenant of Grace

Isaiah 53:10-12 Christ covenanted with the Father to give Himself as an offering for sin, in order to receive from the Father a people for His own possession. Covenant of grace; between the Father and Christ, and the elect in Christ

The Covenant of Grace

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 God did not leave all of Adam’s children to perish under the Covenant of Works, but infinitely condescended to make another Covenant, a gracious covenant, the Covenant of Grace.

The Eternal Fire

Matthew 25:41 The punishment for sin in the world to come is everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God and the most horrible torments in the fires of hell forever.

Conceived in Sin

Psalm 51:5 The sin which was the result of Adam’s failure in his probation is transmitted to all of his posterity through natural generation.

There Is None Who Does Good

Romans 3:10-12 Since the Fall, every man, woman and child that has been born into the world through ordinary means is dead in sin and completely unable to do anything that would commend them to God.

Sin Is Lawlessness

1 John 3:4 Sin is that which is against the holy and perfect standard of God’s righteousness, the Law of God.