1. COVENANTS God’s Unfailing Promise of Love

2. Promises: What are important promises? When is it appropriate to break them? PromiseOK to Break?

3. COVENANT In the ancient world covenants were solemn agreements between two or more people to do or refrain from doing something A covenant is a binding promise between God and humankind in which God pledges enduring love and asks for faithful love in return. Three major Old Testament covenants:

4. THREE MAJOR OT COVENANTS 1.Covenant with Abraham -God blesses Abram and promises him a land to call his own and descendants as “numerous as the starts” (Gn 15:18) 2. Covenant with Moses -God chooses the Israelites as His people. He delivers them from the Egyptians and gives the Ten Commandments (or the Decalogue) 3. Covenant with David -God promises that the Messiah would be born of the “House of David”

5. PLEASE FIND THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR BIBLES  Genesis 12:2-3  Genesis 15:5-21  Genesis 17:1-11  Genesis 17:15-16  After you read each passage, answer the following questions in your notebook:  1. What promise is God making?  2. Who is the promise with?  3. What are the conditions of the promise?