Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q20

Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?

God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life53, did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer54.
Doctrine

Scripture Proofs

53
Acts 13:48Ephesians 1:4-52 Thessalonians 2:13-14
54
Genesis 3:15Genesis 17:7Exodus 19:5-6Jeremiah 31:31-34Matthew 20:281 Corinthians 11:25Hebrews 9:15

See also

Westminster Confession of FaithVIIOf God's Covenant with Man
Westminster Larger CatechismQ30Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
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