I can understand them not being anxious to open the report up for amendments and so on, nor to adopt it so it has the force of the WCF, but how hard would it be to state firmly and categorically that there is ONE justification, it is an event instead of a process, and the golden chain of Romans 8:30 holds fast?

And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.

I realize there's the bit in John regarding branches and the vine, but that's an illustration while the above is a clear statement of fact. We should tread warily when it comes to using illustrations and analogies to effectively gut statements of fact.

Anne