God's Inclusive Redemptive Plan Through the Abrahamic Covenant
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1. "And so what God promises to Abram is that his descendants would flourish and multiply. They would be great in number. And he says, That generation of people who will flow from the loins of Abraham, I will bless them. He says, I will bless you and make your name great. And so you shall be a blessing. So God begins to speak to Abraham and saying, Listen, you and your descendants are going to hold a special place in history. A special place in my kingdom. You have a purpose for which I want to use you." [01:30] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "And in you, all the families. Of the earth will be blessed. How interesting. Because in the Abrahamic covenant, we see this critical principle established. The blessing extended to Abraham and his descendants, the nation of Israel, was never to be exclusive. It was never to be exclusively for them and them alone. And this critical principle is what they failed to understand and maintain as a covenant, understanding throughout their history." [02:29] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "The hope of redemption was going to be extended first to the Jew, and then through the Jew to the Gentile nations. This is the language of the families of all the earth. And what is stated here is comparable, if you will, to the same phrase that's used in the Greek in the Great Commission. Where we are asked to carry the gospel to all the nations. Ponta ta ethne." [04:26] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "What is the promise? It's the promise that the righteousness of Christ himself, his work on the cross would be applied to us in an atoning fashion that would allow us to experience the blessing of forgiveness, salvation, eventually sanctification, and even glorification. And so blessing needs to be understood as we read Genesis chapter 12 as an allusion to the gospel itself." [06:35] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so Christ is using blessed. Yes, even though it can be translated happy and which makes perfect sense because those who are truly saved, those who are truly saved, those who have been redeemed by God, who have been afforded all the treasures of his mercy and kindness and grace, certainly are those who are blessed." [09:12] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "And so whether the psalmist or Lord himself uses the terminology of blessed, it means those and refers to those who are genuinely saved. And so with Paul's help where scripture functions as a divine commentary and providing clear explanation that what God is saying to Abraham is I'm going to bring the gospel to the Jews, to you and your descendants. And then through your descendants, I'm going to see you extend that wonderful message of hope and the promise of the gospel to the families or the nations of the earth." [11:35] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "And so we get to rejoice, that from the outset God had a plan that was to include us as well. And that needs to be very forefront in our own minds. At the same time I should say that many of us who work in primarily Gentile context should not be negligent to consider what God's love and purpose is for the Jewish nation. We of all should understand that God wants to redeem those, even among the Jews. And that includes today and not only today, but in the future." [13:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "And so Moses goes in and he proclaims to Pharaoh, let my people go so that they may worship the one true God. That's interesting. We've heard the accounts of the plagues that transpired, and we know that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. But what was he doing and accomplishing in the hardening of Pharaoh's heart? God was providing, if you will, the ultimate visual aid or picture to the nation of Egypt, that he is a God who is a jealous God, a God who refuses to share his glory with any other God." [17:01] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "And so God is saying here to the nation, you're mine. I'm going to have a special relationship with you. But you need to understand what my purpose is for you. It's to function in this mediatorial manner. So again, just as we saw in Genesis 12, we'll see here that the idea of the gospel and redemption being exclusive to the Jews is never, never God's intention. Just the opposite. His intention from the outset has always been to see the message of hope and forgiveness and redemption and relationship extended to those from the other nations." [31:30] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "And this is evidence in your speech. This is evidence in your worship. This is evidence in protecting even the Sabbath of setting yourself unto me. And then he says listen you have to live radically different. You have to live according to my character my ethics, my values in the context of human relationships. You can't seek your own good. Matter of fact you have to seek the welfare and the benefit others." [36:19] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "And in you, all the families. Of the earth will be blessed. How interesting. Because in the Abrahamic covenant, we see this critical principle established. The blessing extended to Abraham and his descendants, the nation of Israel, was never to be exclusive. It was never to be exclusively for them and them alone. And this critical principle is what they failed to understand and maintain as a covenant, understanding throughout their history." [02:29] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "The hope of redemption was going to be extended first to the Jew, and then through the Jew to the Gentile nations. This is the language of the families of all the earth. And what is stated here is comparable, if you will, to the same phrase that's used in the Greek in the Great Commission. Where we are asked to carry the gospel to all the nations. Ponta ta ethne." [04:26] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "What is the promise? It's the promise that the righteousness of Christ himself, his work on the cross would be applied to us in an atoning fashion that would allow us to experience the blessing of forgiveness, salvation, eventually sanctification, and even glorification. And so blessing needs to be understood as we read Genesis chapter 12 as an allusion to the gospel itself." [06:35] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so Christ is using blessed. Yes, even though it can be translated happy and which makes perfect sense because those who are truly saved, those who are truly saved, those who have been redeemed by God, who have been afforded all the treasures of his mercy and kindness and grace, certainly are those who are blessed." [09:12] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "And so whether the psalmist or Lord himself uses the terminology of blessed, it means those and refers to those who are genuinely saved. And so with Paul's help where scripture functions as a divine commentary and providing clear explanation that what God is saying to Abraham is I'm going to bring the gospel to the Jews, to you and your descendants. And then through your descendants, I'm going to see you extend that wonderful message of hope and the promise of the gospel to the families or the nations of the earth." [11:35] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "And so we get to rejoice, that from the outset God had a plan that was to include us as well. And that needs to be very forefront in our own minds. At the same time I should say that many of us who work in primarily Gentile context should not be negligent to consider what God's love and purpose is for the Jewish nation. We of all should understand that God wants to redeem those, even among the Jews. And that includes today and not only today, but in the future." [13:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "And so Moses goes in and he proclaims to Pharaoh, let my people go so that they may worship the one true God. That's interesting. We've heard the accounts of the plagues that transpired, and we know that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. But what was he doing and accomplishing in the hardening of Pharaoh's heart? God was providing, if you will, the ultimate visual aid or picture to the nation of Egypt, that he is a God who is a jealous God, a God who refuses to share his glory with any other God." [17:01] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "And so God is saying here to the nation, you're mine. I'm going to have a special relationship with you. But you need to understand what my purpose is for you. It's to function in this mediatorial manner. So again, just as we saw in Genesis 12, we'll see here that the idea of the gospel and redemption being exclusive to the Jews is never, never God's intention. Just the opposite. His intention from the outset has always been to see the message of hope and forgiveness and redemption and relationship extended to those from the other nations." [31:30] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "And this is evidence in your speech. This is evidence in your worship. This is evidence in protecting even the Sabbath of setting yourself unto me. And then he says listen you have to live radically different. You have to live according to my character my ethics, my values in the context of human relationships. You can't seek your own good. Matter of fact you have to seek the welfare and the benefit others." [36:19] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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