God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Scripture proofs: Eph. 1:4; Rom. 3:20-22; Gal. 3:21-22.
Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, C-3.