The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Murray on "The Covenant of Grace"

It is true that John Murray rejected the terminology, "Covenant of Works" due to his observation that nowhere in Scripture is that pre-Fall relationship between God and man referred to as a "covenant". Yet he was in agreement with the essence of what those who hold re: "Covenant of Works" espoused. Secondly, and I do think his thoughts are deserving of consideration, he held that it would be wrong to not see God's relationship to Adam, pre-Fall, as not including "grace". It may be that some have overly restricted the use of the word "grace" to the matter of salvation. To me, agreeing with Murray on this point, the fact that God condescended to communicate with Adam not only in words, but with the bestowal of life itself was gracious on His part.

Give me a day or two and I'll provide you with an article that Murray wrote, entitled, "The Adamic Administration". After reading that, then perhaps you might better understand why he didn't mention a "Covenant of Works" in that booklet, The Covenant of Grace. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,