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Doctrine and Devotion

A Covenant of Life

Doctrine and Devotion

Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Jimmy talk about the original state of.Adam and Eve and “covenant of life” established by God in Genesis, commonly referred to as the “covenant of works” in covenant theology. What is the biblical evidence of a covenant between God and Adam? What does this mean for us today?


Baptist Catechism Question 15

Q. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?

A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.


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The Baptist Catechism

A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism by Benjamin Beddome

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dr Nan and Devotion, a podcast exploring Christian faith and practice from a

0:18.1

Reformed Baptist perspective. My name is Joe Thorne. I am the lead

0:21.2

pastor of Redeemer Fellowship meeting in Geneva, Illinois.

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And I'm Jimmy Fowler, Executive Pastor, at Redeemer Fellowship.

0:28.0

You're back.

0:29.0

I'm back.

0:30.0

You are back. He was out.

0:31.0

Jimmy was out with the COVID.

0:32.0

No, it's the second time you got COVID this year.

0:34.6

You said you had it in January. No, I did not. You did, you said you had it in January.

0:39.6

You did. You did not. You did not. I did not say I, February. You said you had it in February.

0:43.0

I did not say I had it.

0:44.0

You said you had it.

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And I knew you didn't.

0:46.0

And then you got it this time, you're like, oh man, I got COVID, and you're all scared about it.

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And then, don't do that.

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So like, you're bearing false witness I'm not

0:53.5

bearing I'm bearing the burden of Jimmy that's what I'm doing because like you're

0:56.7

you're so delicate false witness you know that's not true you know the whole

1:01.0

time I said yeah there's a bug is flu well there's

1:05.5

a difference between a bug and the flu yeah yeah you had the flu you were out like you

1:10.0

didn't know it but you were you were messed up. But nonetheless, I sat there the whole time going,

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