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Covenant of Circumcision
Genesis 17:1-14 ESV
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
Outline – God’s covenant with Abram
- God reveals himself – v. 1
- God calls Abram to respond – vv. 1-2
- Abram responds in submission – v. 3
- God establishes his covenant – v. 4
- God renames Abram to reflect change – v. 5
- God states the terms – vv. 6-8
- God commands his covenant to be kept – v. 9
- God gives a sign of the covenant – vv. 10-13
- God warns: no sign no covenant – v. 14
Foreshadowing of the New Covenant
- Jesus revealed: God Almighty and Savior
- Isaiah 9:6 ESV
- Isaiah 7:14 ESV
- Matthew 1:23 ESV
- Jesus calls: For confession
- Matthew 10:32-33 ESV
- Romans 10:9-10 ESV
- The response: Is repentance
- Luke 5:31-32 ESV
- Acts 2:37-38 ESV
- Jesus Establishes: His covenant
- John 10:9 ESV
- 2 Corinthians 5:18 ESV
- Jesus makes: Us a new person
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
- Ephesians 4:21-24 ESV
- Jesus makes: Promises
- John 3:16 ESV
- Matthew 5:1-12 ESV
- Matthew 6:33 ESV
- Jesus commands: Us to love like him
- John 15:12 ESV
- Jesus gives: A sign of salvation – Baptism
- Matthew 28:18 ESV
- Colossians 2:11-12 ESV
- 1 Peter 3:20-22 ESV
- Jesus warns: Of Hell
- Matthew 5:22 ESV
- Matthew 5:29 ESV
- Matthew 6:15 ESV
- Matthew 7:13 ESV
What is the New Covenant?
- It is not about avoiding hell, becuase hell is not the problem
- Hell is separation from God for eternity
- Being separated from God is the problem
- The new covenant is a promise of repaired relaionship with God. (Romans 5:11 & Colossians 1:22)
So What?
- the new Covenant is completely God’s doing, but we must submit to it
- Do you experience a relationship with God on a daily basis?
- How much do you really submit?
- Are you trying to reach God’s benchmark of perfection?
- What is it that you are allowing to get in the way?
- Strive to be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect