Yeah that's not the Gospel of the Grace of God. The Gospel of the Grace of God is that Christ died to pay for their sins, and THEN rose again.
1. Wow, so I guess that passage completely erases John 20:9 from the Bible:
"For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead."
2. It also erases this Matthew 16 from the Bible:
“From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.” (21-22)
3. ...Yet Peter knew he was the Christ:
“He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (15-16)
"But remember, Covenant Theologians, ever since a young child, like all of the Israelites, he was already believing in the Gospel of the Grace of God: that Christ would die to pay for his sins, be buried, and rise again from the dead 3 days later." -probably tmjbog next
5. It also erases Luke 18:31-34 from the Bible:
“Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.”
6. My favorite, it also erases 1 Cor. 2:7-8:
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
The mystery of the Gospel of the grace of God was that Jesus Christ died to pay for their sins, as humanities free ticket to everlasting life.
7. I think I've finally figured out Covenant Theologians' style. You just grab a verse like it's a laser gun and use it to shoot other verses out of the Bible. Rad, man. Rad.