The 1689 London Baptist Confession Of Faith; Read by Eric Kahure

Chapter 6: Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin And Of The Punishment Thereof PARAGRAPH 5 The corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated;13 and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.14 13  Rom. 7:18 , 23 ;  Eccles. 7:20 ;  1 John 1:8 14  Rom. 7:23–25 ;  Gal. 5:17

Chapter 6: Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin And Of The Punishment Thereof PARAGRAPH 4 From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil,11 do proceed all actual transgressions.12 11  Rom. 8:7 ;  Col. 1:21 12  James 1:14–15 ;  Matt. 15:19

Chapter 6: Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin And Of The Punishment Thereof PARAGRAPH 3 They being the root, and by God's appointment, standing in the room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of the sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation,6 being now conceived in sin,7 and by nature children of wrath,8 the servants of sin, the...

Chapter 6: Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin And Of The Punishment Thereof PARAGRAPH 2 Our first parents, by this sin, fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and we in them whereby death came upon all:3 all becoming dead in sin,4 and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body.5 3  Rom. 3:23 4  Rom 5:12 , etc. 5  Titus 1:15 ;  Gen. 6:5 ;  Jer. 17:9 ;  Rom. 3:10–...

Chapter 6: Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin And Of The Punishment Thereof PARAGRAPH 1 Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach thereof,1 yet he did not long abide in this honor; Satan using the subtlety of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who, without any compulsion, did...

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 7 As the providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after a more special manner it taketh care of His church, and disposeth of all things to the good thereof.23 23  1 Tim. 4:10 ;  Amos 9:8–9 ;  Isa. 43:3–5

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 6 As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as the righteous judge, for former sin doth blind and harden;17 from them He not only withholdeth His grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in their understanding, and wrought upon their hearts;18 but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had,19 and exposeth them to such objects as their c...

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 5 The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth often times leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations and the corruptions of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they may be humbled; and to raise them to a more close a...

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 4 The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that His determinate counsel extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sinful actions both of angels and men;11 and that not by a bare permission, which also He most wisely and powerfully boundeth, and otherwise ordereth and g...

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 3 God, in His ordinary providence maketh use of means,7 yet is free to work without,8 above,9 and against them10 at His pleasure. 7  Acts 27:31 , 44 ;  Isa. 55:10–11  8  Hosea 1:7 9  Rom. 4:19–21 10  Dan. 3:27

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 2 Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly;4 so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without His providence;5 yet by the same providence He ordereth them to fall out according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.6 4 ...

Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence PARAGRAPH 1 God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,1 from the greatest even to the least,2 by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to...

Chapter 4: Of Creation PARAGRAPH 3 Besides the law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,9 which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.10 9  Gen. 2:17 10  Gen. 1:26 , 28

Chapter 4: Of Creation PARAGRAPH 2 After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,4 with reasonable and immortal souls,5 rendering them fit unto that life to God for which they were created; being made after the image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness;6 having the law of God written in their hearts,7 and power to fulfill it, and yet under a possibility...

Chapter 4: Of Creation PARAGRAPH 1 In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,1 for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power,2 wisdom, and goodness, to create or make the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.3 1  John 1:2–3 ;  Heb. 1:2 ;  Job 26:13 2  Rom. 1:20 3  Col. 1:16 ;  Gen. 1:31

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 7 The doctrine of the high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that men attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election;18 so shall this doctrine afford matter of praise,19 reverence, and admirati...

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 6 As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so He hath, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto;13 wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ,14 are effectually called unto faith in Christ, by His Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified,15 and kept by...

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 5 Those of mankind that are predestinated to life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love,11 without any other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving...

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 4 These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished. 10 10  2 Tim. 2:19 ;  John 13:18

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 3 By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ,7 to the praise of His glorious grace;8 others being left to act in their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise of His glorious justice.9 7  1 Tim. 5:21 ;  Matt. 25:34 8  Eph. 1:5–6 9  Rom. 9:22–23 ;...

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 2 Although God knoweth whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon all supposed conditions,5 yet hath He not decreed anything, because He foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions.6 5  Acts 15:18 6  Rom. 9:11 , 13 , 16 , 18

Chapter 3: Of God's Decree PARAGRAPH 1 God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass;1 yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein;2 nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second cau...

Chapter 2: Of God And Of The Holy Trinity PARAGRAPH 3 In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father, the Word or Son, and Holy Spirit,27 of one substance, power, and eternity, each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided:28 the Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father;29 the Holy Spirit proceedin...

Chapter 2: Of God And Of The Holy Trinity PARAGRAPH 2 God, having all life,17 glory,18 goodness,19 blessedness, in and of Himself, is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creature which He hath made, nor deriving any glory from them,20 but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them; He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and t...

Chapter 2: Of God And Of The Holy Trinity PARAGRAPH 1 The Lord our God is but one only living and true God;1 whose subsistence is in and of Himself,2 infinite in being and perfection; whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but Himself;3 a most pure spirit,4 invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;5 who is imm...