Today, Pastor John looks at question 12 of the Westminster Shorter Confession. Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created? A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death. [a] [a]. Gen. 2:16-17; Jas. 2:10