John, The same applies to the so called Covenant of Works, does it not? thanks joe k. On Dec 10, 2004, at 4:57 PM, John Reisinger wrote: > Chad, Please do not say or infer that we reject a covenant of grace in > Genesis 3:15 just > >> because the text doesn't say "covenant" > > THat is only one of many reasons. We believe that Genesis 3:15 cannot > be > made to teach that God made a covenant of grace with Adam simply > because > such an idea cannot be exegeted out of the text.. A covenant of grace > must > first be imported into the text before it can be gotten out of the > text. > > BTW, what do you mean by a covenant is "in the making". That is a new > phrase to me? Are you saying that just as Gen 3:15 is the > protoevangelium of > the gospel it is also the protocovenant of the covenant of grace? > > JGR > > -- > Read the Sound of Grace pages at > http://www.soundofgrace.com > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... > > To view our online archive go to our web page at > http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace > > >