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Category Archives: God’s Amazing Convents

Jews Today-Romans 9

Jews Vs Gentiles – Romans 9 Romans 9 – 11 cover the tragic unbelief of Israel and how God has chosen Israel as His people then and forever. This section has a lot of practical doctrine in it… predestination – justice and mercy – This was designed to contradict some prevailing falsehoods that many Christians […]

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7 – Looking Back – (Covenants in review)

CHAPTER 7 ————————v———————— LOOKING BACK: The Covenants in Review •     Covenants help us know God better •     Covenants give shape to the OT •     Covenants help us interpret the OT •     Covenants enrich appreciation of Jesus •     Covenants help us understand many Bible promises   When we began our look at the biblical covenants, I suggested several reasons why understanding […]

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6 – The Best Is Yet To Come

CHAPTER 6 ————————v———————— THE BEST YET TO COME: The Promise of a New Covenant Jeremiah 31–33; Hebrews 8–10 •     Jeremiah’s role in history •     Features of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31) •     Jesus and the New Covenant •     What’s “New” about the Covenant? (Hebrews 8–9) •     Has the best come yet? (Acts 3:19–21) •     Salvation and the New Covenant (Romans 11:25–27) •     Claiming New Covenant blessings (Hebrews […]

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5 – Promise of a Coming King

CHAPTER 5 ————————v———————— PROMISE OF A COMING KING: The Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7; 1Chronicles 17 •     What God promised King David (2 Samuel 7:16) •     Promises God has kept •     Prophecies of the coming King (Isaiah 9) •     Isaiah’s vision of the coming King (Isaiah 11) •     The King and God’s promises to Abraham (Ezekiel 37:22–37) •     Is Jesus the promised King? (Matthew 1:1)   […]

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4 – A Law To Live By

CHAPTER 4 ————————v———————— A LAW TO LIVE BY: The Mosaic Covenant Exodus 19–24; Deuteronomy •     More than Ten Commandments •     God’s choice of consequences (Deuteronomy 28:1–68) •     Law never a way of salvation •     OT believers and the Law •     Did Jesus change the Law? •     Are Christians obligated to keep OT Law? •     Summing up the Mosaic Covenant   Every family needs […]

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3 – CommitmentToAManOfFaith

CHAPTER 3 ————————v———————— COMMITMENT TO A MAN OF FAITH: The Covenant with Abraham Genesis 12; 15; 17 •     A man without merit (Genesis 12) •     A man with faith (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4) •     Seven promises to Abraham (Genesis 12:2–3, 7) •     Abraham “believed God” (Genesis 12:6) •     God makes it “legal” (Genesis 15:8–21) •     Has God kept His promises? (Genesis 24:1) •     Circumcision: sign of the covenant (Genesis […]

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2 – Life-Saving Covenants

  CHAPTER 2 ———————— v ———————— LIFE-SAVING COVENANTS: God’s Promises to Noah Genesis 6 –9   •       A covenant of deliverance  ( Genesis 6:18 , 19 ) •       When God must judge  ( Genesis 3 ; 4 ; 6:1–6 ) •       Making place for grace  ( Genesis 6:8 ) •       Christ in the covenant ( 1 Peter 3:18–21 ) •       A covenant of preservation  ( Genesis 9:8–13 ) •       God’s sovereign intent  ( Genesis 8:21–23 ) •       The nature of covenants revealed  ( Genesis 6 ; 8 ; 9 )   The first occurrence of the […]

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1 – God’s Amazing Covenants

  PART ONE: GOD’S AMAZING COVENANTS ———————— v ———————— INTRODUCTION There are times when every person wonders about his or her relationship with God. •  Karen’s doubts emerged after a painful divorce, followed immediately by the loss of her job. She had felt close to God and sure of His love. But then her husband […]

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