Confessor
Puritan Board Senior
In Bahnsen's Theonomy in Christian Ethics, he said, "The New Covenant is better because it brings the power of obedience with it by the agency of the Holy Spirit" (p. 189, italics his). This prompted a few questions in me:
-Was there any type of obedience to the law in the Old Covenant? (I would hope so!)
-If so, what was the means of this obedience?
Is the answer that the Spirit still regenerated people's hearts in the Old Covenant, but He is much more overt and prominent in the New?
-Was there any type of obedience to the law in the Old Covenant? (I would hope so!)
-If so, what was the means of this obedience?
Is the answer that the Spirit still regenerated people's hearts in the Old Covenant, but He is much more overt and prominent in the New?