Covenant Theology; Saving Faith; Justification by Faith Alone - Pastor Patrick Hines Sermon

Genesis 2:16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not *eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die."

Romans 3:20 because by the works *of the Law *none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for *through the Law [comes] *knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart *from the Law [the] righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the *Law and the Prophets, 22 but [it is the] righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those *who believe; for there is no distinction, 23 for all *have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God displayed publicly as a *propitiation *in His blood through faith. [This was] to demonstrate His righteousness, *because in God's [merciful] restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished; 26 for the demonstration, [that is,] of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who *has faith in Jesus.