Sermon Tone Analysis

We’re going to *continue teaching on the blood covenant* today.

In the *past* few *messages* we *saw* the *steps that people had to take* *when they formed one of those agreements* *called* a *blood covenant*.

We *also saw* *how mankind fell in the Garden of Eden*.

*At that time* *Satan* *took control of things* *and* *dominated mankind*.

*God in His wisdom* *set about His plan* *for bringing another Adam back to the earth*.

*The second and last Adam* *would come to the earth* *through the seed of Abraham* *after God entered into a covenant* with Him.

*The purpose of this covenant*, *the Old Covenant*, *was to give God a legal right to be involved on this planet* once again.

*Get the last two tapes* of the blood covenant to *find out why* *God had to bring about the old covenant* *before* he *could bring about* the *new covenant*.

*I) **When Adam fell* *he delivered* all of *his authority* *and* *dominion* he had on this earth *to Satan*.

*Satan then became the one in authority* here on this earth.

*A) **(2nd Corinthians 4:4)* refers to *Satan as being the god of this world*.

*1) **God brought control* *back into this earth by* *bringing* in the Lord *Jesus* Christ.

*B) **We have also seen* *how the covenant between God and Abraham was instituted* *and what took place in that situation* back *in* *Genesis 15 and Genesis 17*.

*II) **Most people feel* *that the covenant* that *God entered into* *was a covenant with the Jews*, *and* *it was*.

*A) **But* *according to the Word* of God *men and women of faith are the TRUE JEWS*.

*1) **Men and women* *of faith* *are* the *true heirs to Abraham’s promise*, *the promise that God made to Abraham*.

*B) **What was Abraham’s nationality* *before* his *name* *became* *Abraham?*

*When it was still Abram?*

*1) **He came from Ur of the Chaldees*.

*Ur* is a *city* in the *region* of the *Chaldees*.

*a) **In other words he was a Gentile*.

*C) **Abraham was a Gentile* *and* *after entering into a covenant with God* *he became a Jew*.

*1) *The Word “*JEW*” *actually meant* *“a person that was in covenant with God.”*

*2) **Abraham was a believer in that covenant* *and* *circumcision was simply a sign of the covenant*, *but* *he was also circumcised because he had faith in the covenant*.

*D) **The covenant that God cut with Abraham* *was to be to Abraham and his seed*.

*1) **Only those who are of faith* *are the sons of Abraham*.

*2) **Let me put it this way*.

*Only a believer is a son*, *or* a *daughter of Abraham*.

*a) **A Jew who is not a believer* *is not a son* *or* *daughter* of Abraham.

*3) *Turn to *Galatians chapter 3*.

*a) **Remember* *that a covenant entered into by someone* *means* that *all their* *descendants are heirs* *to the same covenant.*

*(i) **They shared equally* *in that covenant*.

*(ii) **Abraham was the Covenant Head* *and* *all his descendants are heirs of that covenant*.

*(iii) **The Jewish nation*, *as a whole*, *are not heirs of that covenant*, *unless they are believers*.

*4) **Galatians 3:6-7*.

*a) **Not all those* *who are called Jews* *are the sons of Abraham*.

*(i) **The true Jew* *is not a natural nation* *but it is a belief*.

*III) **Let me ask you this question*, *what was the name of Abraham’s covenant son?* His name is *Isaac*.

*A) **And who was the covenant child after Isaac?* *JACOB*.

*1) **But Jacob’s name was changed to what?*

It was changed to *ISRAEL*.

*2) *The *Jewish people* are *called* *“The Children of Israel,”* *because* they are the *descendants of Jacob.*

*a) **Not all the children of Israel*, *are* the *children of Israel*.

*b) **Not all those that came forth from the body of Abraham*, *are the children of Abraham*.

*(i) **In other words*, *they are not all heirs to the covenant*.

*(ii) **I’m saying the same thing as* (*Galatians 3:7*) *is saying*, *just in a different way*.

*(iii) **Again* (*Galatians 3:7*) *says*, *“Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”*

*3) *Turn to *Romans 9:6*.

*a) **Who was Israel?* *Israel was Jacob*.

*b) **What Paul is saying* *is that* *‘they are not all children of Israel* *who came forth from the loins of Israel.’*

*4) **In the next verse he goes on to explain*.

*Romans 9:7a.*

*a) **Just because Abraham was their earthly father*, *it does not mean that they are all children of the promise*, *or* *of the covenant*.

*b) *Let’s go back in read *Romans 9:7-8.*

*c) **There’s the explanation*.

*The Jewish nation* *as a whole*, *are the bodily descendants of Abraham*, *Isaac, and Jacob*.

*But* *they are not the children of promise*, *you are!*

*(i) **If you received Jesus* Christ *as* your *Lord and Saviour *then *you entered into this new and everlasting covenant* *through the avenue of faith* in God.

*(ii) **You are the true seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob*.

*(iii) **Your faith in God* *and in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ *and* *his covenant* that *he* has *established* *has made you the children of promise* *and* *you are counted as the seed*.

*B) *Go back to *Galatians 3:7-8* for a moment.

*1) *(In verse 8 where he uses the word “*HEATHEN*” the *literal* translation would be “*NATIONS*.”)

*2) **But did you notice* *what Paul said in verse 8, “God preach the Gospel unto Abraham.”*

*a) **When God preach the Gospel to Abraham*, *Abraham said*, *“I believe you Lord* *and* *I received the future work of the Lord Jesus Christ.”*

*b) **“Abraham believed God* *and it was accounted to Him for righteousness.”*

(*Galatians 3:6*).

*IV) **Since* you’re *already there in Galatians 3*, look at *Galatians 3:15-16a*.

*A) **What he is saying* *is that the covenant that God made with Abraham* *is an everlasting covenant* *and cannot be disannulled*.

*1) **He goes on to say* *that the covenant God made with Abraham* *was* *to Abraham and Abraham’s seed*.

*a) *The word “*SEED*” is *singular*.

It refers to *one-person only*.

*2) **God said*, *“I made a covenant with you Abraham and with your seed (singular).”*

*a) **Why did God do that?*

*B) **If we went back to the book of Genesis* *and* *looked at the moment when Abraham entered into a covenant with God* *we would find that Abraham* *was actually entering into a three-way covenant* *with the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father*.

*1) **The covenant was made* *and* *the blessings that Abraham inherited* *were to Him* *and to 1 “SEED.”*

*a) **Who is that “SEED?”* *Galatians 3:16*.

*2) *Let’s go down to *Galatians 3:26, 29*.

*a) **If you place your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ* *you are Abraham’s seed* *and heirs of the covenant*.

*(i) **You are heirs of the blessings* *of the old covenant*.

*The old covenant blessings belong to you* *and they cannot be done away with*.

*3) **But* *the Bible also says* *that if we have placed our faith in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ that *we are born-again* *and* we are *found in him*.

*a) **Now we are also heirs of this new* *and better covenant* *which has been established upon better promises*.

WOLCC Sunday, April 11, 1999 From the Blood Covenant Pp. 87 through 101.