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Understanding the Spirit Led Life pt. IV
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Welcome to the NECF Podcast, where we share our weekly sermons and faithfully interpret
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the Bible to encourage and direct you on your spiritual path.
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We are devoted pastors and special guests devout to the depths of the Bible, exploring
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its profound lessons and useful applications for your daily life.
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Join us as we explore the timeless truth that have the power to change people's hearts and
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minds, promoting a closer relationship with God and a firm belief in His promises.
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1st Peter 1 verse 10, 1st Peter 1 verse 10.
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Of this salvation, so the context or the communication of the prophets was about salvation.
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Of this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched carefully,
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what prophets side of the grazer will come to you.
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Searching what or what manner of time the spirit of Christ was in them was indicating when he
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testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that will follow.
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So we summarize the sayings of the prophets, the prophetic sayings of the prophets as what?
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As a sufferings of Christ and the glories that will follow.
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And in Luke 24 verse 49, after Jesus had come, he has suffered, he has died on the cross,
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he has resurrected. Behold, I send the promise of my father upon you.
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From the promise that was made through the scriptures from Genesis to Malachi.
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Behold, I send the promise of my father upon you, but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem
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until you are endued with power on high. So we see here Jesus committing to the promise.
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Acts chapter one verse four and five, Acts chapter one verse four and five.
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And been assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,
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but to wait for the promise of the father which he said, you have heard from me, for John truly
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baptized with water, but you will be baptized with your Holy Spirit not many days from now.
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So the promise here is a spirit of God, the spirit of God. Acts chapter two verse 16,
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we see where Peter was making reference to this when it happened. Acts chapter two verse 16 to 18.
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But this was what was spoken by the prophet Joel. Now the prophet Joel made, you know,
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prophecy concerning this promise, utterance, gifts. And it shall come to pass in the last days,
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says God, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
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your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams, verse 18, and on my men's
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servants and on my maid's servants I will pour out my spirit in those days and they shall prophesy.
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Jump to verse 37, verse 37, verse 37 to 41. Now when they had this, they were caught to their heart
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and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter
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said to them, repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
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remissions of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. And you've been consistent here.
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You remember we keep telling you that the word baptize here does not mean baptize in water.
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Amen? Because the forgiveness of sins is not anchored on water baptism. So this passage is
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not talking about water baptism. You shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. First 39 years. For
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the promise, which promise? Promise that was made from the times past. The promise is who? Is to you.
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That is to those who are listening and to your children and to all who are far off. And I said
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last week that we are encapsulated in these who are far off. Amen? As many as the Lord our God
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will call. Verse 40. And with many other words he testified and exalted them saying, be saved from
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this perverse generation. Verse 41, the last one from here. Then those who gladly receive his word
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were baptized. And that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Hallelujah.
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So these promises were anchored on water. On the Old Testament, from the Old Testament promises.
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The promise is received by what? By believing in the gospel message. How these promises are received
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is by what? Is by believing in what? In the gospel message. Galatians chapter three verse one to three.
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All foolish Galatians who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes
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Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified. This only I want to learn from you.
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Did you receive the spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? And are you so
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foolish having begun the spirit? Are you now being made perfect by the flesh? So they receive the
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spirit, the promise by what? By faith. Even though the context says that these men were deviating into
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works. And here Paul is writing, you know, justizing them, admonishing them, correcting them
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to return back to faith. Believing what God has done in Christ Jesus as a basis for the life that
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is led by the spirit. And we said also that Jesus is what? Is the embodiment of all God's promises.
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Everything that was promised from Genesis to Malachi was fulfilling who? In Christ Jesus.
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Second Corinthians chapter one verse twenty. Second Corinthians one twenty. For all the promises of God,
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all here mean the great promises, the great promise or rather the great promise of God.
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In him our yes and in him amen to the glory of God through us. So everything God committed to do
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in the Old Testament and committed to, you know, throughout the Old Testament with the amount of
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words of the prophets, whether concerning salvation, whether concerning redemption,
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whether concerning the appalling of the spirit as we saw about eternal life has been fulfilled
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and affirmed through Christ Jesus. So the believer has what? Has received the promise of God.
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Hallelujah. So if you are here and you believe in Jesus Christ, you have received the promise.
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You have received the promise of God. And what we need to begin to see is a manifestation of what? Of
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this promise that was promised from the ancient times. Ephesians chapter one verse three emphasizes
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that the believer have already been blessed with every spiritual blessings in Christ. Blessed be the
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God and the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who has blessed? Which means that the blessings is in
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the past. If you are a believer, you are already blessed. He has blessed us with what? With every
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spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So that is the reality of a man in Christ.
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He is a blessed man. He's a man that have come into the promise of God. Colossians chapter two
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verse nine. Here we see Paul explaining that we are complete in Christ. We have received everything
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that we need in him. For in him dwells what? All the fullness of the Godhead. Utterly verse 10. And
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you are what? You are what? You lack nothing. You are complete in him. A man who believes is in him.
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The man who believes is complete in him. Meaning that he has received all that he needs. Who is
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ahead of all principalities and power. So the believer lack nothing. Romans 8 verse 32.
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Romans 8 verse 32. He who did not spare his own son but delivered him up for us all. How shall
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he not with him also? Now this is what has already happened. All right. How shall he not with him also
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freely give us all things? So this verse speaks of God's generosity and giving his son along with him
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all things freely to us who believe in him. Second Peter chapter one verse three to four. Second
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Peter chapter one verse three to four. As his divine power has given to us how many things?
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See I have all things in Christ. I have all things in Christ. As his divine power has given to us
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all things that pertains to what? That pertains to life and godliness. Through the knowledge of him
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what? What call us by glory and virtue. By which have given to us exceedingly great precious promises
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that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature. Having escaped the corruption that
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is in the world through lust. So the believer has already been given everything that he needs.
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Attends to life and godliness including the precious, the precious promises of God. So in
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our attempt to study the promises of God we will come across another concept the covenant of God.
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Hallelujah. The covenant of God. It is essential for us to understand the covenant of God. Often
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times we see the word old covenant or rather the old testament meaning the same and the new covenant
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and also the new testament. I don't want to go much more into looking at the Greek because of time.
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Now but then the word covenant was used by Jesus just once in scripture. Amen. Matthew chapter 26
Matthew 26 chapter mention
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put a bracket if you're writing Matthew 26 put mark 14 24 or Luke 22 20. Matthew 26 28
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we'll see the reference the same in mark 14 24 and Luke 22 was 20. Now let's read Matthew 26 was 28.
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For this is my blood of the new covenant which is shared for many for the remission of sins.
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So we'll also see Zechariah in his prophecy making reference to this covenant. Luke chapter 1 verse
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67. Luke chapter 1 verse 67. I'm reading down to verse 75. Now his father Zechariah was filled with
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the Holy Spirit and prophesied saying blessed be the Lord of God of Israel for he has visited
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and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant
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David and he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been who have been since the
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world began that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us
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to perform the mercy promise to our father so there was a promise that was made to the fathers
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to perform so the promise was to be performed and as an individual will perform this promise
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to perform the mercy promise to our fathers and to remember his holy word his holy covenant.
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Oftentimes we'll see promises and covenant used side by side in the text 72 to perform
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to perform at 73 right now the oath which is swore to our father Abraham so God made a covenant
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with who with Abraham please take note I'm slow here so that we can follow God made an oath God
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entered into a covenant with who with Abraham to grant us that we been delivered from the hand of
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our enemies might serve him without fear we might serve him without what without fear 75 in holiness
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and righteousness before him in all the days of our lives so God made a covenant with Abraham now
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let's go deeper into studying the word covenant this covenant Romans of the nine verse one to five
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let's look at how Paul explains this especially Romans nine verse four but less from verse one to
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verse five God made a covenant to Abraham I tell the truth in Christ I am not lying my conscience
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also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart
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for I wish that I am as if were accursed from Christ for my brethren my countrymen according
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to the flesh who are Israelites to won't pertain the adoption now look at what look at verse four
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carefully adoption right glory and what the covenants emperor the giving of little
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service of God and the promise is possible manual of dealt with this properly but I want to just take
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covenants here fast forward let's read verse five then verse five of whom are the fathers who are
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the fathers talking about the prophets of all all right the prophets of all of whom are the fathers
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and from whom according to the flesh the Jewish nation Christ came who is over all the eternally
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blessed God in men so God made a covenant right to Abraham he made a covenant to Abraham acts of the
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three was 22 we see another place where it was which was it was discussed acts chapter three
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was 22 to 26 I want us to see carefully because there are two covenants all right for those truly
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say to the fathers the Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren
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him you shall hear in all things whatever he says to you and it shall be that every soul who will
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not hear the that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people yes and all the prophets
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from Samuel and those who follow as many as have spoken have also foretold these days
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it's 24 for 25 you are sons of the prophets and of what and of the covenant which God made with our
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fathers now there is a covenant that was made with the fathers amen just want to be careful here
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and there is a covenant specifically that was made with Abraham saying to Abraham now look at
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the explained the one to Abraham in your seat all the families of the earth shall be blessed to you
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first God having raised up his servant so this seat to Abraham is who is explaining verse 26 to
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you first God raised up his servant who is that seat Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away
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every one of you from your iniquities hallelujah now I want you to note that the covenant was made
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to or given to Abraham and not met with Abraham specifically concerning Abraham a covenant was
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made right to or given to because oftentimes when we say the word covenant our understanding of
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covenant is an argument between two parties isn't it I and you will make a covenant
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two equals will make an agreement and then we choose to stick by our promise to each other
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commitment to fulfill a promise is a covenant amen so basically God made a covenant to Abraham
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or God gave Abraham a covenant and God did not make a covenant with Abraham so what I'm trying
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to explain is that God and Abraham were not in a partnership in fulfilling this covenant
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God made a covenant to Abraham the covenant with Abraham was not a contract or an agreement
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between two equals where each party plays a role no Abraham had no role in the fulfillment
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of this covenant this covenant was God all by himself committing to do what to fulfill
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the promise he has met to humanity Hebrews chapter 6 verse 13 let's look at how it was
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explained in Hebrews 6 verse 13 to 17 for when God made a promise to Abraham
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because he couldn't sway by no one greater what did he do he swore by himself saying
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surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying and in multiplying I will what I will multiply
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you and so after he had patiently endured he what he obtained the promise who endured
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Abraham endured and he obtained the promise for men in this way by the by the greater
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and artful confirmation is for them and end to all dispute verse 17 first God determining
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to show more abundantly to who to the haze of the promise the immutability do you know
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what it means immutability of his counsel that means the which word will I use now help
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me with English rather give me that course what can never fail right yes does it explains
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it because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to this to
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the haze of what of of what was promised he confirmed it with an oath so God entered into
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an art and he swore by himself that means that God put his own integrity online I will
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make this happen amen and nowhere in scripture we see Abraham contributing to this and we
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can see this Genesis 22 verse 15 let's let's cross reference and take Genesis 22 verse
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15 when God was making this covenant with Abraham and the angel of the Lord called to
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Abraham a second time out of heaven and said by myself I have sworn says the Lord because
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you have done this thing and I've not withheld your son your only son blessing I will bless
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you and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sun
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which is on the seashore and your descendants shall possess the gates of of their enemies
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was 18 in your seat not six in your seat all nations not nation because nations means
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many nations he's not talking about one nation but he's talking about many nations talking
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about all nations of where very clearly of the earth including you and I in this covenant
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that God entered with Abraham that the art shall be blessed because you have what because
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you have obeyed because you have believed my word because you believe my word because
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you've obeyed my word because you've obeyed my word verse 19 so Abraham returned to his
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young men and they rose and went together to be shiva and Abraham their Lord and they
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were Abraham and Abraham their shiva hallelujah so God swore by himself when he made the covenant
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to Abraham affirming his own integrity as the guarantor Abraham understood that God's
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promises will be fulfilled even seeing a glimpse of God's ultimate plan by demonstrating the
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sacrifice of Isaac you know that was a teaching that God was taking Abraham through so God
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has never requested from man to support his work amen God has never requested that a man
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should what to help in assisting God in fulfilling his promise so God made a promise and is committed
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by himself to do what to fulfilling it by himself Abraham only believed God and it was
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counted to him as what as righteousness Romans of the four verse 13 Romans of the four verse
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13 to 22 for the promise look up please for the promise he will be the heir of the world was not
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to Abraham or to his seed through the law but through the righteousness of word of faith which
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means that Abraham never walk right to bring about the fulfillment of this covenant what was by faith
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he believed for if those who are of the law are his faith is made void and the promise made of
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no effect why because the law brings about wrath for where there is no law there is no transgression
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therefore it is of faith that it might be according to the great to grace yes and it will be according
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to grace so that the promise might be sure to all the seeds not only to those who are of the law
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because the law was not given to everyone are we together so but also to those who are of the faith
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of what of Abraham who is a father of us all as it is written I have made you a father of many nations
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in the presence of him whom he believed so Abraham believed God who gives life to the dead and call
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those things which do not exist as though they did as he did who contrary to hope in order to
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in a hope what happened relieved so that he become the father of many nations not only Israel many
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nations according to what was spoken so shall your descendants be look at genesis 18 genesis 22c
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and not being weak in faith he did not consider his own body already dead since he was about
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a hundred years old and the deadness of Sarah's womb he did not weaver at the promise of God
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through unbelief but was threatened in faith giving glory to God was 21 and being fully convinced
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of what that what he had promised who promised that God you see the here is capital what God had
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promised he was what he was able to do what fulfilled to perform and therefore it was accounted
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to him for what all right so what did Abraham did to receive the promise he believed hallelujah he
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believed importantly he believed he believed come to verse 23 25 now it was not written for his sake
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alone it was already for who for Abraham's sake alone for Abraham alone now this is where all of
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us come come in he says for his sake alone that it was imputed to him was 24 but also for who for us
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say for me for us it shall be what he shall be imputed to us who would who will do a work who
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will what who will believe in him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead verse 25 the last
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verse here who was delivered up because of what our offenses and was raised because of our
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justification so Abraham believed and he received the promised so you and I also will believe to
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receive this promise and to all who have believed we already have received this promise hallelujah
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now let's examine some more on this covenant when I say covenant somewhat as testament the new
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testament the all testament we're talking about the all covenant and the new covenant hallelujah
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he blew up the ed vasix yes he blew up the ed vasix but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry
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talking about Jesus in as much as he is also a mediator of a better cover now I want you to watch
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keenly the adjective used in describing this covenant the word here using describing the
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covenant is what better right what Jesus has obtained is what is a better covenant which was
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what which was established on what and better promises right so the word better here refers to
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what is eternal is not a comparison he's referring to the word better there is referring to something
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that is eternal something that is that does not end something that cannot be terminated cannot
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expire it is only a comparison to another promise to another covenant I have told you a lot on that
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there are two covenants but we are focusing on the covenant that was made to Abraham and we see the
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fulfillment in Christ hallelujah so Hebrews of the nine verse four keep watch Hebrews of the nine
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verse four which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant of a lane on all sides with
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gold in which were the golden pot that had the manna erron's road and the board that that boarded
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and the tablets of the covenant verse 15 verse 15 not 15 and for this reason he is a mediator of what
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the new covenant by means of what of death forward for redemption of the transgression
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under the first you see wait a minute I told you to take careful look at adjectives used to describe
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the covenant here previously what did we see the word using describing the covenant better covenant
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here what do we see we see new covenant all right for the redemption of the transgression
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under what the first covenant which means that there is a covenant called the first covenant
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that those who are called may receive the promise of what or the eternal inheritance all right so
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is what we call first covenant introduce here verse 17 to 21 jump to verse 17 to 21 for a testament
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what is the testament testament is varying toward a covenant for a testament is enforced after men
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are dead seeing it has no power at all while the tetos testator lives therefore not even the first
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the first word covenant was dedicated without blood so there is a first covenant right and there
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is a second covenant therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated with what without blood
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for when moses has spoken now you see now we've introduced another concept careful follow please
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there's no way i can explain this than reading it all right for when moses has spoken every precept
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to all the people according to the law he took the blood of the calves and the gods
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gouts which with water scarlet wool and hisaps and sprinkled both the book itself and all the
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people it's 20 same this is the blood of the covenant which god had commanded you now this
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covenant is an instruction to the people so we have a covenant that is to the people now this one
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is not talking about the covenant to ebra half verse 21 then likewise he sprinkled with the blood
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yes both the tabernacle and all the verses of ministry of the ministry jump to chapter 10 verse
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15 chapter 10 verse 15 to 16 of hebrew but the holy spirit also witnessed to us for after he had
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said before this is a covenant that i will make with them after those days says the lord i will
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put my law in their hearts and in their minds i will write them verse 17 no chapter 12 rather
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move to chapter 12 verse 24 the 12th verse 24 to jesus the mediator of what of the new covenant
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please be taking note of the the adjectives of the new covenant and the blood of the sprinkling that
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speaks better things than that of ever chapter 13 verse 20 of hebrews chapter 13 verse 20 of hebrews
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now may the god of peace who brought us up our who brought up our lord jesus christ from the dead
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that great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of what the everlasting world
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covenant so we can see his scriptures that what was used in describing we can see the word better
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covenant right we can see new covenant we can see everlasting covenant we can see first covenant
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right now let's contrast the old and the new covenant together in hebrews chapter seven
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hebrews chapter eight don't be confused please hebrews chapter eight from verse seven this way
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all this reading we've done will be properly settled for if that first covenant right had been
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faultless then no place will have been sought for a second i told you that there are two covenants
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right one covenant was made to ebrahim and another was made to the people of israel was it because
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finding fault with them he says behold the days are coming says the lord when i will make a new
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covenant with the house of israel and with the house of juda so god has made a covenant
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and he's making a new covenant all right what's nine known according to the covenant that i made
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with their fathers this is referring to which covenant in the day when i took them by hand to
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lead them out of the land of egypt so when god brought them out of egypt he entered a covenant
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with them because they did not continue in my covenant which covenant did they not continue
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that god had to do another covenant with them remember there was a covenant made to ebrahim
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which this will not continue in the covenant god made to ebrahim therefore god now introduced
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another covenant and i disregarded them says the lord of fasting for this is the covenant that i
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will make with the house of israel after those days says the lord i will what i will put my law
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in their mind and write them on their hearts i will be their god and they shall be my peoples
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eleven none of them shall teach his neighbor now we are not talking about we teaching you what
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you with this knowing in you amen in this covenant is annoying in who will receive the
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covenant none of them shall teach his neighbor and none of his brother saying no the lord for all
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shall know me from the least of them the greatest of them verse 12 for i will be merciful to your
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righteousness and their sins and their and their lawless deeds i will remember no more but starting
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the last verse he says in that he says a new covenant he has made the first what obsolete
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now what is becoming obsolete and going all you is ready to vanish so now let's have a recap god
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made a covenant with ebrahim all right and then years later moses had come has gone to egypt he
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has delivered the people of israel from egypt god made another covenant with people and then we see
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in this covenant god making promise of a new covenant do we understand the conversation here
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right good so is the first covenant or testimony referring to the all covenant is the question i
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want to ask is the first covenant referring to the all covenant look at hebrews of the that
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eight of the eight rather verse 13 from verse seven down to first 13 look to your scriptures
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first covenant had been fought less is no place will have been sought for a new a second all right
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because finding for with them he says we all the lord the days are coming says the lord when i will
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make a new covenant with the house of israel and with the house of judah so i asked the question i
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said is the first covenant or testimony referring to the all covenant all right yes it's truly yes
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so when the first covenant also when when was the first covenant what we also refer to as the all
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covenant instituted when they were brought out of egypt listen it's confusing or don't be confused the
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bible called what was established in egypt the first covenant what was done with ebran was not
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called the first covenant there was no even name for it yet i read together so we see eight chapter
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look at verse nine verse nine hebrews to eight verse nine not according to the covenant i made
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with their fathers in a day when i took them by the hand to lead them out of the land because
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they did not continue in my covenant and i disregarded them says the lord so the new
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covenant that is coming in the future will not be as the one which they disobeyed when they were
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coming out of egypt are we together so we've looked at what the first covenant is meaning the
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covenant that was made when they came out of egypt all right and we say that this covenant was made
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when they came out of egypt so when was the second covenant made are we lost look at that passage when
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was the second covenant also referred to as new covenant mate the second covenant is referred to
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the new covenant the first was referred to the old the second was referred to the new covenant
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the same so when was this made let's look at galatians of the four verse 14 then we close
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relations of the four verse 14 yes 27 and my trial which was in my flesh you did not
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despise or reject but you received me as an angel of god even as jesus christ was 15 what then was
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the blessing you enjoy for i bear you witness that if possible you will have plucked out your own
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eyes and given them to have i therefore become your enemy because i tell you the truth the
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zealousness they zealously cut you right but for no good yes they want to exclude you that you
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may be zealous for them not really right please three is it three or four my scripture here before
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it's three right all right three verse 14 yes that the blessing of abraham from verse 14 might
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come upon the gentiles in christ jesus that we may receive the promise of the of the spirit through
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faith now brethren verse 15 i speak in manner of men though it is only a man's covenant yet it is
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confirmed no one and also act to read verse 16 now to abraham and his seat where the promise made
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he does not say and to seats as of many now he's explaining the one that was made with abraham
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right as of many but as of one and to one seat who is christ so the covenant that was made with
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abraham is what is concerning christ right and i say this that the law which was 430 years when was
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430 years 430 years was when they were coming out of what of egypt okay 30 years later cannot
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cannot unknown the covenant that was confirmed by god in christ so what was made out of egypt cannot
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unknow or cancel what was made with ebraham in the first place that he should make the promise of no
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effect so why would god make another covenant with them if he has made one with abraham for if the
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inheritance is of the law it is no longer of promise but god gave it to abraham by promise
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yes what purpose then was to serve the law it was added because of what because of transgression so
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god made a covenant with abraham which was based on what was based on faith now these people refused
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to work in faith therefore there was an introduction of a covenant which was made when
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they were coming out of egypt so it was added because of transgression till the seat should
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come to whom the promise was made and it was appointed through who through angels and by the
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hands of a mediator is it getting clearer verse 20 now a mediator does not mediate for only one
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but god is one verse 21 is the law then against the promise of god now is what god made out of
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egypt when you were coming out of egypt the promise or the covenant got entered and gave
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them regulations to do is it against that which god made with abraham certainly not for if there
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had been a law given which could have given life truly righteousness wouldn't have been by the law
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22 but the scripture has confined all on under scene that the promise by faith in jesus christ
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might be given to those who believe but before faith came we were kept under god by law for
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kept for the faith which will afterwards be revealed therefore the law was what was a tutor
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was our tutor to bring us to christ that we might be justified by faith so what was introduced out
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of egypt even though it was a product of unbelief but in it contains what appointing toward to faith
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therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to christ that we might be justified by faith
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plus 25 but after faith has come we are no longer on that word under a tutor for you are all sons
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of god through faith in christ jesus for as many of you as we baptized into christ have what
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have put on christ so i want us to note this first of all the first covenant is referring to the
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covenant that was done out of egypt not with abraham remember i said first covenant is what
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is referring to the all covenant if you see first covenant put first covenant equal to all covenant
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write this equation first covenant is meaning is equal to all covenant and the first covenant
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which was the same thing as all covenant was found with fault why because they don't they didn't
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believe they couldn't even fulfill the one which god gave them then the second which is the one we
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see was promised to come which is what we call a new covenant in christ jesus now the all covenant
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which is which was the first will be the one given through moses abraham never lived under the all
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covenant are we together abraham was never under because 400 years later after abraham then there
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was an introduction of a covenant with the people so abraham never lived under this covenant now the
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new covenant or the second existed before the old you understand the new covenant existed before the
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old because the one that was promised to abraham is the same promise we see that was made right
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in christ jesus because the promise of abraham was about christ so the use of the word old and
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new does not refer to time all this confusion so that i will come to this one and tell you that
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when you see all and you are not referring to time okay so don't be don't don't say oh it's also it
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is before no all i knew is not referring to time are we together so it was added as galatians 3 19
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says it means it was laid down it was to fill a gap the law was for those who don't believe
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that which was given out of egypt was for those who don't believe who refused to believe that
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which was given to abraham they knew was meant to be eternal from when it was given to through
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abraham but the old was through moses are we together so when was the new covenant given
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uh when was the new covenant given if you get this one i will go and dance and rejoice when was a new
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covenant given to who to abraham hallelujah when was the all covenant given to the israelis were
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in the wilderness right to who through moses by angels why was it given because they refused to
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believe the new covenant which was given through abraham hello help me now hallelujah amen so the
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reality of the believer in christ is this he is no longer under the law i read together let me
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summarize and conclude you and i are ministers of the new covenant second corinthians of the three
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verse six you and i who are believers are ministers of that which was promised from abraham not the
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one in the wilderness which was based on faith and all that was promised to abraham was fully
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fulfilled in christ and it is yours by faith so you are included in everything that god had promised
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and made a covenant to fulfill the promise to abraham amen second corinthians three verse six
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who also made us what what are we we are sufficient as ministers of what of the new covenant
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not of the letter but of what of the spirit because the second the new covenant which was
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actually the one the first the the the one made with abraham is of the spirit for the letter
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kills but the spirit does what it gives life now let's put a mark here next time we're going to
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begin to look at this covenant that we have in this new covenant in conclusion god's promise
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to humanity was made long before the foundation of the world and this promise was the gift of what
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of eternal life and the indwelling of his spirit through faith from the very beginning god desire
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was for man to live in communion with him being led by this by his spirit however through the
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disobedience of adam we see that sin entered the world and humanity was separated from god from
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god's original intent now this covenant is from god's origin but god in his unfailing love made a
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covenant right man sinned and god entered into a covenant to do what committing to fulfill his
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promises through the lineage of abraham which pointed towards the ultimate fulfillment in christ
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now this covenant was not a contract between two equals but a divine commitment by god himself
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so that which god made with abraham was god's own divine commitment by himself to fulfill in christ
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sealed by his own off and integrity with a promise that through the seed of abraham all nations will
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be blessed as the prophets declared and jesus christ confirmed and the covenant was fulfilled
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in him through his life his death and his resurrection now today you and i amen the believer
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has has received the fulfillment of both god's promise and his covenant so you are a recipient
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of god's promise and his covenant in christ all the promises of god are what they are yes and
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they are amen and through the new and everlasting covenant we have been giving word the holy spirit
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hallelujah who dwells in us guiding us into what into all truth and he's empowering us to live a
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spirit let life amen no longer under the all covenant of the law which was temporary and
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found fault we now live under the better and eternal covenant one established by god's grace
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and faithfulness true faith in christ believers are complete having received all spiritual
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blessings and eternal life with the assurance that god's promise were fully realized in him
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so there is nothing that you lack that have not been supplied by christ therefore as ministers
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ministers rather of the new covenant we live in what in the reality of god's fulfilled promises
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eternal security in his covenant of grace to us hallelujah so all this is to bring us to this
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point i will understand that see we are partakers of the promise that was made to abraham and we
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cannot explain the promises of god which is a spirit without seeing how god entered into
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covenant to ensure that this is fulfilled and that has nothing to do with your doing what you
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do was exactly what abraham did what do you do you believe amen and even to function in this
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promise what do you do by faith not by works hallelujah so you are a legitimate recipient of
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recipient of god's grace you are a legitimate recipient of god's grace you have a share in it
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you are a partaker in it so when we say you begin to manifest the fruits of this promise
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the gifts that are in this promise you should know that you as a believer have a share in it
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because you believe hallelujah so when we begin to ask you to live the spirit of life we are saying
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that you have the capacity in you because you believe and you have received the promise and
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the covenant of god we say lay hand on the sick and the sick will be healed we are saying that
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you are a recipient of god's promise when we say that you are to preach we are saying that you are
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a partaker you are a minister of this new covenant when we speak and we say that no evil will harm
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you what we are saying that you are you are in christ you are covered in this covenant that is
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the reality of the believer hallelujah and by the time we begin to walk through we'll see
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how we can function in this the glory of god amen