The Divine Covenants

by Arthur Walkington Pink

Publisher:

Faithlife

, 2005

The covenants play a central role in the relationship between God and man. The word covenant is found 25 times in the book of Genesis alone and occurs scores of times in the remaining books of the Old Testament. In the New Testament, the term is used by Jesus at the Last Supper, by Paul, and by the writer of the letter to the Hebrews. Pink takes up the subject by examining the covenants of grace and works, and the covenants made with Noah, Abraham, David, and with the nation of Israel at Mt. Sinai.

Key Features

• Challenging and inspirational
• Rich in devotional and practical truth

Praise for the Print Edition

The widespread circulation of his writings after his death made him one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century.

—Iain H. Murrary

Product Details

• Title: The Divine Covenants
• Author: A. W. Pink
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Pages: 317

About A. W. Pink

A. W. Pink (1886-1952) a native of Nottingham, England, whose life as a pastor and writer was spent in a variety of locations in the British Isles, the United States, and Australia. As a young man he turned away from the Christian faith of his parents and became an adherent of the theosophical cult; but then he experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic in 1910, at the age of 24, to become a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. After only six weeks, however, he left to take up a pastoral ministry. It was during the years that followed that he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology. He was soon wielding a quite prolific pen. As one whose life was devoted to the study and exposition of the Scriptures, he became the author of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust has been assiduously reprinting in recent times. No doubt his chief monument is the paper Studies in the Scriptures which he produced monthly and regularly for a period of thirty years from the beginning of 1922 until his death in 1952.

Contents

Top Highlights

“A true knowledge of the covenants is indispensable to a correct presentation of the gospel, for he who is ignorant of the fundamental difference which obtains between the covenant of works and the covenant of grace is utterly incompetent for evangelism. But by whom among us are the different covenants clearly understood?” (Page 9)

“Yet sufficient has been said, we trust, to demonstrate that, while the terms of the covenants which God made with Noah, with Abraham, with Israel at Sinai, and with David, are to be understood, first, in their plain and natural sense, yet it should be clear to any anointed eye that they have a second and higher meaning—a spiritual content. The things of earth have been employed to represent heavenly things. In other words, those subordinate covenants need to be contemplated in both their letter and spirit.” (Page 18)

“But God permitted Adam to disobey, to make way for the more glorious obedience of Christ; suffered the covenant of works to be broken that the far better covenant of grace might be administered.” (Page 40)

“Few today discern what the covenants are in themselves, their relations to each other, and their consequent bearings upon the design of God in the Redeemer. Since the covenants pertain unto the very ‘rudiments of the doctrine of Christ,’ ignorance of them must cause obscurity to rest upon the whole gospel system.” (Page 9)

“‘By the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners those given to Him before the foundation of the world, but in Adam fallen under condemnation) out of the pit wherein is no water’ (Zech. 9:11).” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: The Divine Covenants
• Author: Arthur Walkington Pink
• Publisher: Faithlife
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2005
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Biblical Covenants
• Resource ID: LLS:AWP-DVNCVN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-23T22:43:53Z

About Arthur Walkington Pink

A. W. Pink (1886–1952) pastored churches in the United States and Australia for most of his working life. At the age of 24, Pink experienced an evangelical conversion and crossed the Atlantic from Great Britain to study at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. But after only six weeks, he left to take up a pastoral ministry during which he found his way to a strictly Calvinistic position in theology.

In 1922, Pink produced a monthly magazine entitled Studies in the Scriptures which circulated among English-speaking Christians worldwide. Pink devoted his life to the study and exposition of the Scriptures and became the author, also under the name Arthur Walkington Pink, of numerous books which the Banner of Truth Trust began publishing after Pink’s death.

Articles, books, tracts, and pamphlets, including the notable Exposition of Hebrews and The Nature of God, can be found in the A. W. Pink Collection (40 vols.). Also available from Logos are The Godhood of God, Why Four Gospels?, The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, and The Law and the Saint.