Covenant and new-covenant theologians are agreed that a believer must show his justification and positional sanctification by a life of godliness, Christ-likeness; in other words, he must, by his life before others – that is, by his progressive sanctification – show his standing before God. Covenant theologians, however, following Calvin, think this is produced by the whip of the law, the law driving the believer, as a lazy ass, to the perfect rule of the law. |