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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 9. Of Free Will

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. May 22, 2022. Elder Renton Rathbun. I. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil.1
1 Matt. 17:12; James 1:14; Deut. 30:19

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 8. Of Christ the Mediator

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. May 15, 2022. Pastor Andrew Dionne.
I. It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man,1 the Prophet,2 Priest,3 and King,4 the Head and Saviour of His Church,5 the Heir of all things,6 and Judge of the world:7 unto whom He did from all eternity give a people, to be His seed,8 and to be by Him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.9
1 Isa. 42:1; 1 Pet. 1:19–20; John 3:16; 1 Tim. 2:5    2 Acts 3:22    3 Heb. 5:5–6    4 Ps. 2:6; Luke 1:33    5 Eph. 5:23    6 Heb. 1:2    7 Acts 17:31    8 John 17:6; Ps. 22:30; Isa. 53:10    9 1 Tim. 2:6; Isa. 55:4–5; 1 Cor. 1:30

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 7. Of God’s Covenant with Man

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. May 8, 2022. Elder Chuck Fultz.
I. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant.1
1 Isa. 40:13–17; Job 9:32–33; 1 Sam. 2:25; Ps. 113:5–6, 100:2–3; Job 22:2–3, 35:7–8; Luke 17:10; Acts 17:24–25

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. May 1, 2022. Elder Renton Rathbun.
I. Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit.1 This their sin, God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory.2
1 Gen. 3:13; 2 Cor. 11:3    2 Rom. 11:32

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 5. Of Providence

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. April 24, 2022. Pastor Andrew Dionne.
I. God, the great Creator of all things doth uphold,1 direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things,2 from the greatest even to the least,3 by His most wise and holy providence,4 according to His infallible foreknowledge,5 and the free and immutable counsel of His own will,6 to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.7
1 Heb. 1:3    2 Dan. 4:34–35; Ps. 135:6; Acts 17:25–28; Job 38:1–41:34    3 Matt. 10:29–31    4 Prov. 15:3; Ps. 104:24, 145:17    5 Acts 15:18;Ps. 94:8–11    6 Eph. 1:11; Ps. 33:10–11    7 Isa. 63:14; Eph. 3:10; Rom. 9:17; Gen. 45:7; Ps. 145:7

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 4. Of Creation

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. April 10, 2022. Elder Chuck Fultz.
I. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,1 for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,2 in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good.3
1 Heb. 1:2; John 1:2–3; Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13, 33:4    2Rom. 1:20; Jer. 10:12; Ps. 104:24, 33:5    3 Gen. 1:1–31; Heb. 11:3; Col. 1:16; Acts 17:24
II. After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,4 with reasonable and immortal souls,5 endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after His own image;6 having the law of God written in their hearts,7 and power to fulfill it:8 and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change.9 Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil;10 which while they kept, were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.11
4 Gen. 1:27    5 Gen. 2:7; Eccl. 12:7; Luke 23:43; Matt. 10:28    6 Gen. 1:26; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24    7 Rom. 2:14–15    8 Eccl. 7:29    9 Gen. 3:6;Eccl. 7:29    10 Gen. 2:17, 3:8–11,23    11 Gen. 1:26,28

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 3. Of God’s Eternal Decree

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. April 3, 2022. Elder Renton Rathbun.
I. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass:1 yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin,2 nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.3
1 Eph. 1:11; Rom. 11:33; Heb. 6:17; Rom. 9:15,18    2 James 1:13,17; 1 John 1:5    3 Acts 2:23; Matt. 17:12; Acts 4:27–28; John 19:11; Prov. 16:33

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 2. Of God, and Of The Holy Trinity

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. March 27, 2022. Pastor Andrew Dionne.
 
I. There is but one only,1 living, and true God,2 who is infinite in being and perfection,3 a most pure spirit4, invisible,5 without body, parts,6 or passions;7 immutable,8 immense,9 eternal,10 incomprehensible,11 almighty,12 most wise,13 most holy,14 most free,15 most absolute;16 working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will,17 for His own glory;18 most loving,19 gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;20 the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;21 and withal, most just, and terrible in His judgments,22 hating all sin,23 and who will by no means clear the guilty.24
1 Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4,6    2 1 Thess. 1:9; Jer. 10:10    3 Job 11:7–9,26:14    4 John 4:24    5 1 Tim. 1:17    6 Deut. 4:15–16; John 4:24; Luke 24:39    7 Acts 14:11,15    8 James 1:17; Mal. 3:6    9 1 Kings 8:27; Jer. 23:23–24    10 Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17    11 Ps. 145:3    12 Gen 17:1; Rev. 4:8    13 Rom. 16:27    14 Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8    15 Ps. 115:3    16 Exod. 3:14    17 Eph. 1:11    18 Prov. 16:4; Rom. 11:36    19 1 John 4:8,16    20 Exod. 34:6–7    21 Heb. 11:6    22 Neh. 9:32–33    23 Ps. 5:5–6    24 Nah. 1:2–3; Exod. 34:7