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The Covenant Of Abraham Series
Contributed by Shane Brooks on Feb 17, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: Finding New Testament truths in Old Testament Covenants
4th in covenant- Creation, Adam, Noah
Recap these 3 Covenants
Tonight wanna discuss Covenant W/ Abraham
Tonight we’ll cover some harder material
Don’t want to bore You- try to make it as fun as possible
Thru Abe—promise seed would come
Every promise God made Abraham- is for us
We got Noah & Family- On Mt. Ararat – All of creation is serving GOD
Shortly after the flood- people stared going downhill
Gen 9:18
VS 19
All of creation- traces back to this family- races, colors, kinds, personalities
Vs 20-23
VS 24-25
Could not curse Cannan
Why? He had already blessed them if verse 1
Once you’re blessed, can’t be cursed
All the Arabs nations came from Shem
All the Black nations came from Ham
All the White people (european- asian) come from Japheth
Heard it taught- Southern Baptist- used this philosophy to divide themselves
Black people are cursed - THAT”S A LIE
Vs. 26- Shem’s God was the Lord- of the 3- He had a knowledge of God
God says watch SHEM
Gen 11:VS 10- Shems seed- watch it!
Vs 26-32
Gen 12:1-9
God loves family- I love family- when I mention my family- people get uncomfortalble- God told me that- Get out of BRECKENRIDGE
What happened- Music, filled with the Holy Spirit,- Talk me out of that
When he left- He took Lot and Terah (his dad)
God makes 7 promises to Abraham
1. Make you a great nation
2. Bless you
3. make your name great
4. you’ll be a blessing
5. Bless those who bless you
6. Curse those who curse you
7. All families will be blessed
Every bit of this- hinges on Abraham having a kid- He’s 75, Sara 65
Him and Lot had a falling out
DISCUSS AS YOU READ --- Gen 15:1-21
God cut the covenant with himself- didn’t need Abrahams oath
Just needed Abraham to let God be God
Abraham couldn’t do that- I NEED TO HELP GOD OUT- SOUND FAMILIAR
Ch 16- abe and Sara cook up the Hagar idea
God says- NO Abe you will supply the seed, and Sara will be the womb
SIGN OF THE COVENANT
Circumcision is not the covenant- Sign of the covenant
Vs 17-22>
Still thought it was ISHMAEL
Isaac had 2 sons- Jacob, esau,> Jacob’s name change
Jacob had 12 sons- 12 tribes of ……. ISRAEL
2 immutable, unchangeable things-
Galtians 3:
"I’m Baptist, Methodist, Pentecost, charismaniac-" People don’t know who they are
If we know who we really were- it give us freedom beyond belief
Gal 3:11-18
1. Make you a great nation
2. Bless you
3. make your name great
4. you’ll be a blessing
5. Bless those who bless you
6. Curse those who curse you
7. All families will be blessed
VS 26-28
No black or white, poor or rich, democrat or republican
How do you tell a cult
Isolation, separatist, elitist- You gotta be just the them
LISTEN- WHEN THEY SAY, "YOU GOTTA BE BAPTIST- GOTTA BE FILLED, WE ARE THE CHURCH"
NOT SAYING THOSE ARE CULTS
But I can’t see a difference
We’ve got to see freedom from religion
We don’t need freedom of religion- we need freedom from religion
Vs 29- We have the promise
The nation of God will endure forever
These people on tv- says, "you gotta Abrahams blood to be righteous"
That’s a lie
It’s not his blood in the veins- that make us his seed
It’s the faith of Abraham in our hearts
