1. PASTOR MATT STACEY 1 st of L.P.! How may I know? A Study in the Covenants

3. Examples of Dots that will be connected 10 Commandments & John 3 Gal. 2:19 – Talks about dying to the law Jesus didn’t come to abolish law but to fulfill it We are no longer under the law Jesus at the last supper Old & New “Testament”

4. I. A working definition of a Covenant Hebrew “berith” – to bind or fetter; to eat with carries the idea of entering into an agreement, also carries with it weight of a treaty – the ancient Suzerain Treaties: not done without ceremony –

5. I. A working definition of a Covenant Hebrew “berith” – to bind or fetter; to eat with Greek “diatheke” – covenant, will or testament Bible we have 2 testaments – One talking about God’s original covenant relationships with man One talking about His new & better covenant based upon the what He wants to happen with the most important things His Son had after He died…

6. II. Six characteristics of a Biblical Covenant a. Introduction of the Key party b. The agreement of the terms c. The swearing of an oath d. The offering of a sacrifice

7. II. Six characteristics of a Biblical Covenant Example: The Abrahamic Covenant Gen. 12, 15, 18

8. Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." 2 Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?“ 3 And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir." 4 Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir."

9. Genesis 15 4 “Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir." 5 And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." 6Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

10. Genesis 15 7 And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it." 8 He said, "O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?" 9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. 11 The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

11. Genesis 15 12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. 14 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. 15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16 Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

12. Genesis 15 17 It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite 20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim 21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite."

13. II. Six characteristics of a Biblical Covenant a. Introduction of the Key Party 15:7 d. The offering of a Sacrifice 15:9-12 b. Agreement of the terms –15:13-17 c. the Swearing of an oath 15:18-21 e. The witness f. The feast

14. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible A. 1 Sided Disposition – A Treaty as imposed by a victorious General

15. Japanese Surrender - WWII We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments… We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers…

16. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible A. 1 Sided Disposition – A Treaty as imposed by a victorious General Biblical Examples: 1) Ez. 17:12-14 – Judah captured by Babylon 2) Noah – Gen. 6:18

17. Adamic Covenant Gen. 2:16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

18. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible A. 1 Sided Disposition – Biblical Examples: 3) Adam – God acting as the King in charge – lays out the rules > Blessing – you may eat of anything > 1 Rule of the covenant – You may not eat of the tree of life > Curse IF you break the covenant – a) Receive knowledge of God & Evil b) You will be responsible for the knowledge – by death Adam as the representative for the human race made a choice for us all.

19. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible B. 2 sided Covenant – between Equals Biblical Examples : > I Sam. 18:3,4, 20:16, 23:8 - Jonathan & David > Mal. 2:14 – "Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.”

20. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible C. Self Imposed Obligation This is where a superior party sets out rules – for themselves & for themselves ONLY

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22. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible C. Self Imposed Obligation Biblical Examples: God does this sometimes > Gen. 8:21,22, 9:8-17 – Rainbow

23. Gen. 8:21-9:17 21 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. 22 While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease."

24. Gen. 8:21-9:17 8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9 "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 11 I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth."

25. Gen. 8:21-9:17 12 God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; 13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

26. Gen. 8:21-9:17 16 “When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

27. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible C. Self Imposed Obligation Biblical Examples: God does this sometimes > Gen. 8:21,22, 9:8-17 – Rainbow >David’s Covenant – II Sam. 7:11-16

28. David’s Covenant II Sam. 7: 11 “even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

29. David’s Covenant II Sam. 7:14 “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 "Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"

30. David’s covenant – revisited in Ps.89 20 "I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, 21 With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. 22 "The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 "But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. 24 "My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. 25 "I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers.

31. David’s covenant - revisited 26 "He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' 27 "I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. 28 "My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

32. David’s covenant - revisited 29 "So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. 30 "If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, 31 If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes.

33. David’s covenant - revisited 33 "But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. 34 "My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. 35 "Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. 36 "His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. 37 "It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah.

34. III. 3 types of Covenants in the Bible C. Self Imposed Obligation Biblical Examples: God does this sometimes > Gen. 8:21,22, 9:8-17 – Rainbow >David’s Covenant – II Sam. 7:11-16 Fulfilled finally in Jesus – point of “Son of David”