The Doctrine Of The Person And Work Of Christ
with Abraham? How did the two differ? What characterizes the New Testament dispensation in the covenant? What is the position of Christ in the covenant of grace? In what twofold sense is He
Mediator? How can adults become covenant members? How do children of believers enter the covenant? What is expected of them?
In what sense can unregenerate persons be covenant members?
References for Further Study:
Berkhof, Reformed Dogmatics, I, pp. 256–294; Hodge, Outlines of Theology, pp. 367–377; Hodge, Systematic Theology, II, 354–377;
Hendriksen, The Covenant of Grace; Dabney, Theology, pp. 440– 463.
THE DOCTRINE OF THE
PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST
The discussion of the doctrine of man is followed in theology by that of the doctrine of Christ. The transition from the one to the other is not only logical, but also very natural and easy. Our study of the doctrine of man concluded with a discussion of the covenant of grace, and from this we now naturally pass on to a consideration of the Mediator of the covenant, Jesus Christ, and of the objective work of redemption wrought by Him for all His people. The subjective application of this work is discussed in a later section.