Sermons on Covenant
Living Free in the Power of the Resurrection (Philippians 3:1-11)
Gordan Fee sums up this passage by saying, the Christian life “means to be finished with one’s religious past as having value before God or as a means of right relationship with God; it means to trust wholly in Christ as God’s means to righteousness. But such righteousness has as its ultimate aim…
Because God is With Us, Part 2 (Genesis 26:17-35)
…The very day Isaac makes peace with his enemies, the well springs forth water, showing God’s bountiful provision to Isaac in the context of peace. It’s one thing to have a well when your enemies quarrel over it. It’s another to have a well in a land of famine while at formal, certified,…
Because God is With Us, Part 1 (Genesis 26:1-17)
THE CHARGE: Meet the conditions of the covenant. And then, having met the conditions of the covenant, day by day, actively reckon as true the promise of God’s presence in your life. Hold fast to Jesus’s closing words from the Gospel of Matthew, given immediately following his charge to the…
Grace Comes Contrary to Convention (Genesis 25:19-34)
Inheritance of God’s blessings is not determined by human convention such a birth order…it is determined by God’s intention. Neither Jacob nor Esau would gain the promised inheritance by virtue of being Isaac’s children. Esau would not gain the inheritance by mere virtue of being the first-born. To…
Protected Covenant Blessings (Genesis 25:1-18)
God’s covenant people live in surety of God’s covenant promises even in the presence of many enemies Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; David’s enemies are powerless to prevent David from experiencing the bounty of God’s overflowing blessings. This was the case…
Servants of God’s Covenant Faithfulness (Genesis 24:1-67)
This morning we come to Genesis 24. Abraham, the man of faith nears the end of his life. The promises of God have proven true. But there remains an obstacle to the Lord’s plan to produce a nation from Abraham, a people numerous as the stars, and as the sand: the matriarch has died. No more children…
