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00:01 Hello, friends. I'm Jill Morikone.
00:02 And we're so glad that you have tuned in 00:04 for this study of The Promise God's everlasting covenant. 00:07 Hard to believe we're already almost halfway through, 00:10 we're in lesson number six on Abraham's Seed. 00:13 So want to encourage you to grab your quarterly, 00:16 but if you don't have your own copy of the quarterly, 00:18 you can go to the following website, 00:20 that's ABSG.Adventist.org 00:24 that stands for 00:25 AdultBibleStudyGuide. Adventist.org 00:29 Make sure you download that lesson and follow along, 00:31 get ready as we study this amazing edition 00:34 of 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:08 Hello, friends, we're so glad that you have taken time 01:11 to tune in as we journey through the Word of God. 01:14 This has been an amazing study on the covenant's God's promise 01:19 to bring His people into relationship with Himself 01:22 for the purpose of saving them. 01:25 Last week we looked at children of the promise 01:27 and the promises extended to Abraham and by extension, 01:30 Israel and then the entire world, 01:33 especially that promise of this coming Messiah. 01:36 the promise of the seed. 01:37 This week we study more of Abraham's Seed. 01:41 I want to introduce to our panel at this time. 01:43 To my left, Pastor Ryan Day, 01:45 always a blessing to study with you, Brother. 01:46 Amen. 01:48 I'm excited about this lesson we're talking about 01:49 the Lord's real estate. 01:51 Amen. Looking forward to it. 01:53 To your left, Pastor John Dinzey, 01:54 always a blessing to study with you too. 01:56 It's a blessing to be here and I'm looking forward 01:58 to hearing what God has given to each one of you. 02:00 Amen. 02:02 To your left, Pastor John Lomacang, 02:03 my pastor and privileged to have you here. 02:06 And I'm covering an exciting topic, The Remnant. 02:09 What does God want to do at the last? 02:10 Oh, amen. 02:12 Last but not least bookended we had the ladies, 02:14 so we have our sister, Shelley Quinn 02:16 and just so delighted to have you here, Shelley. 02:18 It's such a privilege to be here 02:20 and share the Word of God. 02:22 Amen. 02:23 Before we go any further, we want to go to the Lord 02:24 in prayer and Pastor John Dinzey, 02:26 would you pray for us? 02:27 Sure. 02:29 Our loving Heavenly Father, we do thank You, Lord, 02:32 for the scriptures that are able 02:34 to make us wise unto salvation. 02:37 Thank You, Lord, for the great and marvelous message 02:40 You have there for us. 02:42 We thank You that we can take this time to study 02:44 with the liberty that we have now. 02:47 We pray that Your Holy Spirit will take control 02:50 and that every word will come from Your throne of grace. 02:53 We pray for Your blessing upon those that tune in 02:56 and listen and to watch. 02:58 We ask that You will be with them also 03:00 and lead them to a closer walk with you. 03:03 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 03:05 This week, Abraham's Seed, we look, we identify the role 03:10 of God's true Israel. 03:12 And all the way down to us today. 03:16 We look at those covenant promises 03:18 that were made. 03:19 We look at the conditions of those promises, 03:22 the results of their disobedience, 03:25 or their broken relationship with God. 03:29 We look at the remnant that chose to remain true 03:31 to the covenant and the call extended 03:33 to you and I to be His representatives to the world. 03:37 In fact, that call is found in our memory text. 03:40 So if you want to go there, we are in 1 Peter 2:9, 03:44 "But you are a chosen generation, 03:46 a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 03:49 a peculiar people, that you should show 03:52 for the praises of him who called you out of darkness 03:54 into his marvelous light." 03:58 The lesson opened on Sabbath with a cute story. 04:01 It talked about a clock 04:03 that was in a certain jeweler's window 04:05 in a certain city. 04:06 And when the schoolchildren, Pastor Ryan, 04:09 would go to school, they would look at the clock 04:11 in the window and they would make sure 04:13 they were on time for school. 04:15 And when the business people maybe they had 04:16 a certain business appointment, 04:18 they would look and check the clock. 04:20 Now this had to be a long time ago 04:22 because nowadays you just look at your cell phone, 04:24 but I guess they would look at the clock 04:25 and check the time. 04:27 Well, one day, the clock stopped. 04:30 And the people going by didn't know 04:33 that the clock had stopped. 04:34 And so the children thought, "Oh, we got plenty of time 04:36 before we get to school." 04:38 So they loitered on their way 04:39 and the business people thought, 04:41 "Oh, we have time before we get to our function." 04:43 And they took time as well. 04:45 You see they thought 04:47 they had more time than they did. 04:49 Israel and by extension you and I the Church of God 04:52 are called to be the spiritual "clock" 04:56 of the world. 04:58 We are called to identify the times 05:01 in which we live, and get people ready 05:04 for that soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. 05:08 On Sunday, we look at Above All People. 05:12 Our opening scripture is Deuteronomy 7:6. 05:16 If you want to look at Deuteronomy 7:6, 05:19 "For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, 05:22 the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people 05:25 for Himself, a special treasure 05:28 above all peoples on the face of the earth." 05:31 That word special treasure in Hebrew 05:33 means valued property, Ryan, or peculiar treasure, 05:39 they were called to be a special treasure, 05:41 not just a great people, they were called to be 05:45 a great people above anyone else on the earth. 05:49 What does it say above all people? 05:52 So I want to ask you, why was Israel chosen? 05:55 Why were they chosen above anyone else? 05:59 Was it because they were stronger 06:01 than the other nations? 06:02 Probably not. 06:03 Was it because they were richer than the other nations? 06:06 Or more good looking than the other nations? 06:09 Maybe more intellectual? 06:11 Was it because they were more gifted or talented? 06:13 These are the reasons that today in society, 06:16 why we choose people, right? 06:17 We say, "Oh, they're gifted. 06:19 Oh, they run in certain social circles. 06:21 Oh, they might have talents that I think I could use." 06:24 So we look at people with a different eye 06:27 than God looks at people. 06:30 Were they chosen because they were going 06:32 to obey better 06:33 or because they were going to respond more? 06:35 Why was Israel chosen? 06:37 I'd submit to you that there were five reasons 06:39 why Israel was chosen. 06:40 Reason number one. 06:42 They were chosen because God loved them. 06:45 Deuteronomy 7:6-8. 06:48 Deuteronomy 7:6-8, we just read 6 about being a holy people 06:52 to the Lord, being a special treasure 06:55 above all the earth. 06:57 Now pick it up in verse 7, "The Lord did not set His love 07:00 on you nor choose you because you were more in number 07:03 than any other people, 07:05 for you were the least of all the peoples, 07:08 but because the Lord loves you." 07:11 Stop right there. 07:13 They were chosen because they were loved. 07:15 Not only that reason number two, 07:17 they were chosen because God always keeps His word. 07:22 Keep reading, we're in verse 8. 07:24 They were chosen not just because the Lord loves you 07:27 which they were chosen because He loved them. 07:29 "And because He would keep the oath which He swore 07:33 to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out 07:36 with a mighty hand, 07:38 and redeemed you from the house of bondage, 07:39 from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." 07:42 You see, God had made a promise to Abraham. 07:44 It wasn't just made to the children of Israel 07:46 there at Sinai. 07:47 God had made a promise to Abraham 07:49 that He would make up him a great nation 07:52 and in him all nations of the earth would be blessed. 07:56 God, He always keeps His word. 07:58 Numbers 23:19 says, "God is not a man, that He should lie, 08:03 nor is He a son of man, that He should repent. 08:07 Has He said, and is He not going to do it? 08:09 Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" 08:14 Another way it's put is in Joshua 21:45, 08:20 "Not one word failed of any good thing 08:23 which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. 08:26 All came to pass." 08:29 Not one promise that the Lord made 08:31 and I know Shelley, we always quote 1 Corinthians 1:20 08:34 or the 2 Corinthians 1:20. 08:36 "All His promises are Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus." 08:42 Not one promise that God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 08:46 Not one promise that He made the nation of Israel failed. 08:50 Why? 08:51 Because God, He always keeps His word. 08:55 Reason number three. I like this one. 08:59 Go with me to Ezekiel reason number three. 09:02 God delights in taking what other people cast aside. 09:06 Ezekiel 16, we're going to pick it up with verse 3. 09:11 Ezekiel 16:3, "Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem. 09:16 'Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan, 09:19 your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 09:22 As for your nativity, on the day you were born 09:26 your navel cord, it wasn't cut, 09:28 nor were you washed in water to cleanse you, 09:31 you were not rubbed with salt 09:34 nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 09:36 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, 09:39 to have compassion on you, but you were thrown out 09:43 into the open field, when you yourself 09:45 were loathed on the day you were born." 09:49 Let's stop there for a second. 09:50 The word loathed in Hebrew denotes something 09:54 that's hated because it's unclean. 09:56 It'd be what we would call dung. 10:00 Loathed, Israel was loathed. 10:02 Israel was not a wanted child. 10:05 None of the usual birthing rights were observed. 10:09 The umbilical cord wasn't cut. 10:11 The baby wasn't washed with water for cleansing 10:13 nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in cloths 10:15 nor pitied or looked on with compassion. 10:17 Instead, it was cast out. 10:20 And yet what did God do? 10:22 Verse 6, "When I passed by you, I saw you struggling 10:26 in your own blood, and I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' 10:32 Yes, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!'" 10:34 And so God called the unwanted child, 10:37 you could say, what nobody else wanted, 10:40 who everybody had cast aside 10:42 and he said, that's the one I want. 10:44 You are the one I want. 10:47 And God chose not only that, but to allow Israel to grow up 10:51 and then he entered into covenant with her 10:54 and he said, "I'm going to marry you." 10:56 Let's look at verse 7. 10:58 "I made you thrive like a plant in the field, and you grew, 11:01 matured, and became very beautiful." 11:03 So Israel, the unwanted child 11:05 that God said He wanted grew up. 11:07 Verse 8, "I passed by you again and looked upon you, 11:11 indeed your time was the time of love, 11:13 I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness." 11:16 That is a marriage proposal. 11:18 When God spreads His skirt like Boaz and Ruth, 11:22 we see this covenant marriage taking place. 11:24 It says, "I spread My wing over you 11:26 and covered your nakedness. 11:28 I swore an oath to you and entered into covenant 11:30 with you, and you became Mine." 11:33 What does God do next? 11:35 Number four, He equips and prepares those people 11:38 whom He has chosen. 11:40 So in other words, you might feel, I'm unwanted. 11:44 Nobody wants me. 11:45 Nobody cares about me and calls us, 11:48 that's the child I want. 11:49 I want you as part of My kingdom. 11:52 And not only that, He will equip you 11:54 and He will prepare you 11:55 because He has chosen you, as His child. 11:58 Let's look at verse 9. 12:00 Ezekiel 16:9, "I washed you with water." 12:03 Reminds me of the washing of the water of the word. 12:06 God says what? I give you My word. 12:09 "And I thoroughly washed off your blood, 12:11 and I anointed you with oil." 12:14 It reminds me of Samuel anointing David 12:16 and how the Spirit of the Lord came upon Him. 12:19 God says, "I'm giving you My word, 12:21 and I'm giving you the Holy Spirit." 12:24 "I clothed you in embroidered cloth 12:26 and gave you sandals of badger skin. 12:28 I clothed you with fine linen." 12:30 It reminds me of the fine linen 12:32 that is Christ's righteousness 12:34 that we have the privilege of putting on. 12:36 God says, "I'm going to give you My word. 12:38 I'm going to fill you with My Holy Spirit. 12:41 I'm going to cloth you with My righteous white garments." 12:44 And you, you're going to become royalty. 12:47 Jump down to the end of verse 13. 12:49 "You were exceedingly beautiful, 12:51 and succeeded to royalty. 12:53 Your fame went out among the nations 12:55 because of your beauty, 12:56 for it was perfect through My splendor 12:59 which I had bestowed on you, says the Lord." 13:02 So Israel became beautiful because of God. 13:06 The next verse to me is very tragic. 13:08 Verse 15, "You trusted in your own beauty, 13:13 you played the harlot because of your fame, 13:16 and poured out your harlotry 13:19 on everyone passing by who would have it." 13:23 Why did they walk away from God? 13:24 Because they became proud in who they were. 13:27 They became proud in what God had given to them. 13:31 And they began to think that it was all about them, 13:35 and the truth that they thought was entrusted to them. 13:41 You see, we are never, never to think we are special 13:44 because we have truth. 13:46 That truth is extended to everyone. 13:49 We are never to think we are special 13:51 because we've been chosen by God, 13:52 that call to be a child of God is extended to everyone. 13:56 We are never to think we are somehow wanted 13:59 because He wants everyone. 14:02 God calls everyone not because we're special or strong 14:06 or rich or good looking or gifted. 14:08 He wants everyone as His covenant child. 14:11 Praise the Lord. 14:13 Man, that was a beautiful edification of that. 14:15 Appreciate that, Jill. Thank you so much. 14:17 It sets us up nicely for Monday's lesson, 14:20 which, again, as I said, in the opener, 14:22 we're going to be talking about the Lord's real estate. 14:25 This is talking about God's land, 14:27 His land deal that He made with the children of Israel, 14:31 and you know, as Jill was going through Ezekiel 16 14:34 just then or excuse me, yeah, Ezekiel 16, you know, 14:37 it just reminds me of just how much compassion, 14:40 how much love, how much mercy, how much patience 14:44 that God had with Israel because we're talking 14:47 about a nation that, of course, we may get into this later 14:50 as we get into the covenant that God made with Israel 14:52 and then, you know, from Moses time onward. 14:55 But again, from like, 1446 BC all the way to 606 BC talking 15:00 about more than 840 years of on and off rebellion, 15:04 and God is still there with them 15:06 all the way through. 15:07 And in the midst of all of this, 15:09 we see that God made a promise to them. 15:12 And we know that God keeps His promises. 15:14 But those deals, those promises, in this case, 15:17 a land deal did not come without certain conditions. 15:20 And so I'm gonna go to Genesis Chapter 35. 15:22 This comes within the context of the conversation 15:25 that the Lord is having with Jacob. 15:28 And He's reminding Jacob of the promise that he made 15:31 with Abraham and Isaac before Him. 15:34 And it just so happens to deal with this special land 15:37 that God promised that He would give to Abraham to Isaac 15:40 and now Jacob and their descendants. 15:42 So Genesis 35:12, the Bible says, 15:46 "The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac 15:49 I give to you, and to your descendants 15:53 after you I give this land." 15:56 And so as I said before Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 15:59 and even Joseph himself mentions this land 16:02 on his deathbed there in Genesis Chapter 50. 16:05 There's just this constant reminder through this journey 16:08 from generation to generation to generation that, 16:10 "Hey, God has said 16:11 He's going to give us this land." 16:12 And God said, Yep, I'm gonna give you that land." 16:15 Only if, right, there was some promises there that God gave, 16:19 but they came with conditions. 16:20 In fact, if we go to Deuteronomy 28, 16:22 just to be reminded here, Deuteronomy 28, 16:25 that's that famous blessings and curses chapter 16:28 where the Lord just lays it out. 16:30 I mean, plain and simple. 16:31 He says, "Look, you with Me, you honor My covenant, 16:34 you honor, you obey Me, these are all the blessings 16:37 that I'm going to bestow upon you, 16:38 as unworthy as you are, 16:40 I'm going to bestow these upon you. 16:41 But again, if you don't, then you have 16:43 to endure these curses." 16:44 So Deuteronomy Chapter 28, we're going to read verse 1, 16:47 and verse 15, just as a reminder of the conditions 16:50 that God gave that is also in connection with this land deal. 16:54 Deuteronomy 21:1 says, "Now it shall come to pass," 16:58 excuse me, I said, 21, 28:1. 17:01 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey 17:04 the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully 17:07 all His commandments which I command you today, 17:11 that the Lord your God will set you high 17:13 above all nations of the earth." 17:16 And so you can just read through 17:17 that chapter from verse 1, 17:19 all the way through to verse 14. 17:21 And God is just saying, I'm going to do this for you, 17:23 I'm going to make you this, I'm gonna bless you with this. 17:25 And so all of these blessings that He's pouring out to them, 17:29 but then you get to verse 15 and God says, 17:31 but here's the deal. 17:32 If you don't obey My voice, you don't keep My commandments. 17:35 Well, here's what He says, Deuteronomy 28:15, 17:38 "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey 17:40 the voice of the Lord your God, 17:42 to observe carefully all His commandments 17:44 and His statutes which I command you today, 17:47 that all these curses will come upon you 17:50 and overtake you." 17:52 So was God transparent? He was very transparent. 17:55 He says, "Look, it's not that it's My will for these curses 17:58 to come upon you, but when you take yourself out 18:00 from under My protection, out from under My will, 18:03 out from under the covenant, the covenant relationship 18:05 that I want to have with you, 18:07 you're in full open communion now 18:09 to be attacked and to be basically given 18:11 into the hands of the enemy." 18:13 So this is what the enemy is gonna do to you. 18:15 And I'm gonna allow this to happen 18:16 because you chose it, but if you will, 18:18 if you will live in my covenant, 18:20 if you will obey My voice, obey My covenant, indeed, 18:22 and My commandments, 18:24 then I will bless you abundantly. 18:25 There's an interesting quote in today's lesson that comes 18:29 from The Pulpit Commentary from 1890, volume 3, page 439. 18:34 And this is what it says, speaking of the curses, 18:37 "These curses were largely, though not wholly, 18:40 brought about by simply giving sin scope 18:44 to work out its own evil results. 18:47 'He that soweth to his flesh shall 18:50 of his flesh reap corruption.' 18:51 Of course, quoting Galatians 6:8, 18:54 and he says, "Like water, 18:56 which, left to itself, will not cease running 18:59 till it has found its level, like a clock, 19:03 which left to itself, will not cease going 19:06 till it has run itself completely down, 19:09 like a tree, which is, left to grow, 19:11 cannot but bring forth its appropriate fruit. 19:15 So sin, He says, has a level to seek, 19:19 a course to run, a fruit to mature, 19:21 and the end of those things is death.'" 19:25 And this is essentially what God was trying to paint 19:27 this picture very clear for the people 19:30 that He dearly love as, Jill, 19:31 just brought up so clearly from Ezekiel 16, 19:33 God pouring out His heart and saying, 19:35 "You're My beloved people. 19:36 You are the ones that I love. 19:38 And I want to embrace you. 19:40 I want to protect you. I want to lead you. 19:41 I want to guide you. 19:43 I want you to be My special beacon of light 19:44 to the rest of the world." 19:46 But of course, we know the story of Israel, 19:48 they did not always fall in line with that agreement. 19:51 They did not always meet those conditions, 19:53 and they were quite rebellious throughout their history. 19:56 In fact, God could not have been more clear than 19:58 what we see right here in Leviticus 26:27-30. 20:02 Again, this is Leviticus 26:27-30. 20:05 This is in connection with this land deal God 20:08 is making a land deal. 20:10 Look, I want to bless you with this land. 20:11 But look, this is what happens if you don't meet 20:14 the requirements. 20:15 So Leviticus 26:27-30. 20:17 It says, and, excuse me, yes 27 through 30. 20:20 "And after all this, if you do not obey Me, 20:22 but walk contrary to Me, 20:24 then I also will walk contrary to you 20:26 in a fury, and I, even I, will chastise you seven times 20:30 for your sins. 20:32 You shall eat the flesh of your sons, 20:34 and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters. 20:36 I will destroy your high places, 20:38 cut down your incense altars, 20:41 and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms 20:44 of your idols, and My soul shall abhor you. 20:47 I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries 20:50 to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance 20:52 of your sweet aromas. 20:54 I will bring the land to desolation," 20:56 here comes the land, 20:57 "I will bring the land to desolation, 20:59 and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. 21:03 I will scatter you among the nations 21:05 and draw out a sword after you." 21:08 This is God being very clear, very frank about 21:11 what will happen if they do not follow Him 21:14 as His chosen people. 21:16 So what we can take away from this? 21:18 I think is a good, a nice little connective example 21:21 that we see in Israel we too also, okay? 21:26 We too also have a special land we are seeking to obtain, okay? 21:30 We cannot lose it once we are there. 21:34 Praise the Lord. 21:35 But like Israel, there are certain conditions 21:37 that must be met before we can get there. 21:40 I love that promise where Jesus says, 21:42 "I go to prepare a place for you." 21:43 It would be sad for Jesus to build Ryan a mansion 21:46 and Ryan don't make the requirements 21:50 to be able to fill that mansion, right? 21:52 And so I just want to just take the time left 21:54 about two minutes left here to just go through 21:56 what those requirements are. 21:58 There may be someone watching Sabbath School Panel 22:00 for the first time right now that says you know what, 22:02 I want to make sure that I meet that requirement 22:04 so that I can inherit that land, 22:06 that heavenly real estate 22:08 that God's has prepared for me that He wants to give to me. 22:11 Number one, I have three major points here 22:13 and to some this may sound elementary, 22:15 but you know what, we need to revisit the foundations here. 22:17 Number one, we must believe and trust 22:20 in the Lord Jesus Christ. 22:22 Pastor, I think you read this text last week. 22:24 I want to remind this again. 22:26 This is Acts 4:12, "Nor is there salvation 22:29 in any other way, for there is no other name 22:32 under heaven given among men 22:34 by which we must be saved." 22:37 Okay, only Jesus Christ, 22:39 there's people out there that's gonna say, 22:40 oh, there's more ways to heaven than just one. 22:42 No, no, no, Jesus Christ, you must believe and trust 22:46 in the Lord Jesus Christ. 22:47 That's the first thing. 22:49 Believe in Him and believe in what He has done for you. 22:51 Number two. 22:52 We must repent and allow God to cleanse us from our sins. 22:57 He wants to cleanse us from our sins. 22:59 Acts 2:37-38. 23:02 It says, "Now when we heard this, they were cut 23:04 to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 23:07 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?' 23:09 Then Peter said to them, 23:11 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized 23:12 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ 23:14 for the remissions of your sins, 23:16 and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.'" 23:19 So we must repent, we must confess, 23:22 and we must be cleansed of sin. 23:23 And of course, the journey doesn't stop there. 23:25 Number three, our third point we must remain committed 23:29 and obedient to the Lord and His commandments, 23:31 as a part of our ongoing 23:33 sanctifying relationship with Christ. 23:36 Of course, I love John 14:15, "If you love Me, 23:40 keep My commandments." 23:41 It's all based on love. 23:43 And, of course, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, 7-8. 23:48 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, 7-8. 23:50 And so here what it says, "For this is the will of God, 23:53 your sanctification, that you should abstain 23:56 from sexual immorality, that each of you should know 23:58 how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor. 24:02 For God did not call us to uncleanness, 24:05 but in holiness. 24:06 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, 24:09 but God, who has also given us the Holy Spirit." 24:12 That's the promise we have. 24:13 We can inherit the land today or soon and today we have 24:17 that promise that we can inherit it, 24:18 if only we will seek the Lord Jesus Christ. 24:21 Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan. 24:23 Land Deal, I love that. We're going to a better place. 24:26 We're going to take a short break, 24:28 we'll be right back. 24:35 Ever wish you could watch 24:36 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:39 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 24:42 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 24:47 A clean design makes it easy to find the program 24:50 you're looking for. 24:51 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:55 so you can follow along. 24:56 Sharing is easy. 24:58 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 25:01 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:07 Welcome back to our study of Abraham's Seed. 25:09 We're gonna pick it up with Tuesday, Pastor John Dinzey. 25:11 Amen. 25:13 We continue with Tuesday, Israel and the Covenant. 25:16 Israel and the Covenant, I'll take this off 25:18 so you can hear me better. 25:21 We now go to Tuesday's lesson 25:23 and we turn to Jeremiah Chapter 11. 25:26 I'm going to read verse 7 and 8. 25:28 Notice what the Bible says, "For I earnestly exhorted 25:32 your fathers in the day I brought them up 25:35 out of the land of Egypt, until this day, 25:38 rising early and exhorting, saying, 'Obey My voice.' 25:43 Yet they did not obey or incline their heart, 25:47 but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart, 25:52 therefore I will bring upon them 25:55 all the words of this covenant, 25:57 which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done." 26:03 So when we look at this scripture here, 26:07 we see that the covenant has good 26:11 as well as bad things in it. 26:13 Why? 26:15 Because if you obey, if they are faithful, 26:17 they will receive all the blessings 26:20 of the covenant, but if they don't, 26:22 then that which is named in the covenant 26:26 will take place for the people of Israel, 26:28 for God's people. 26:30 So there is no what, you know, there are some groups they say, 26:36 "Once saved, always saved." 26:37 And that's a dangerous doctrine. 26:39 I want to say that right now. 26:41 It's a dangerous doctrine, which some people think 26:43 that once you accept the Lord Jesus Christ, 26:46 some you can walk away 26:47 and do whatever evil and everything will be fine. 26:51 No, God expects us to be faithful 26:54 all the days of our lives through His grace. 26:58 And that's why you see in Matthew 24, that He says, 27:01 "He who endures to the end the same shall be saved." 27:04 And so in the lesson here, 27:07 we see a question that is brought up. 27:10 Let's go to Genesis 6:5, and then we'll take you 27:13 to that question. 27:15 Genesis 6:5, we have mentioned this before. 27:18 But now, the lesson calls upon us 27:21 to bring a comparison between these verses. 27:24 In Genesis 6:5, a sad declaration is made, 27:29 "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man 27:32 was great in the earth, 27:33 and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart 27:37 was only evil continually." 27:40 So the question is, what do these verses say 27:44 about how important it is for us to control our thoughts? 27:50 You know, many thoughts come through our mind 27:53 throughout the day, hundreds of thoughts, 27:55 thousands of thoughts, and it is the devil's intent 27:59 and plan, an object to lead you astray 28:04 instead of you following the Lord. 28:07 We've heard expression such the devil doesn't care 28:11 which side of the boat you fall out as long as you fall out. 28:16 He will try to pull you from this side to that side, 28:20 but we must remain facing life looking 28:24 unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. 28:28 So when you look at God's covenant, you know, 28:31 when you think about the contracts 28:34 that people have today, the agreements 28:36 even when you have your phone, 28:37 we have a new software, 28:39 there an endless amount of words. 28:42 And some people say, press here, 28:45 if you agree, I don't know how many people read 28:48 through all those things. 28:49 I kind of skimmed through it. 28:51 And I said, "Well, I don't have time to read on all that." 28:53 Agree, you know, but I don't know 28:55 entirely what I'm agreeing to, but the Bible is clear. 28:59 God has everything in black and white. 29:01 And He tells you what to expect if you follow Him 29:04 and what to expect if you don't. 29:06 It is very clear, there's no tiny... 29:09 What is the name of that tiny writing the small print, 29:13 the fine print. 29:14 There's no fine print with God what you see is what you get, 29:17 very clear in the scriptures. 29:19 So I want to take you through some scriptures 29:21 because the thing is brought out 29:23 how is it that you can control your thoughts. 29:26 In Proverbs 4:23-27 are some words 29:32 that help us understand this. 29:33 It says, "Keep your heart with all diligence, 29:37 for out of it spring the issues of life." 29:40 There is a necessity of us co-operating with God 29:45 so that our heart can be kept in the hands of the Lord. 29:49 We place ourselves in the hands of the Lord. 29:51 In fact, the best thing we can do is to say, 29:54 Lord, take my will for I cannot even give it 29:57 to you, but can send for God 30:00 to take control of your thoughts. 30:02 It says in verse 24, "Put away from you a deceitful mouth," 30:07 choose to do this, 30:08 "and put perverse lips far from you. 30:11 Let your eyes look straight ahead, 30:13 and your eyelids look right before you. 30:16 Ponder the path of your feet, 30:18 and let all your ways be established. 30:21 Do not turn to the right or to the left, 30:24 remove your foot from evil." 30:27 This is our participation in the Lord continuing 30:32 that work of transformation in our lives. 30:36 In Colossians 1:27, there is a powerful scripture 30:40 that we must understand that is essential 30:42 for our survival in this world. 30:45 Colossians 1:27, "To them God willed to make known 30:50 what are the riches of the glory 30:53 of this mystery among the Gentiles, 30:56 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." 31:01 This is what we need, 31:03 Christ in us, the hope of glory. 31:06 I'm going to read to you from the lesson, 31:08 a portion here that is sad, 31:11 but it's the reality of what happened. 31:13 God doesn't hide anything. 31:15 It's in the scriptures. You can read this. 31:17 I mean, when you get to the Book of Judges 31:19 there are, almost every chapter begins with 31:22 and the children of Israel 31:23 did evil in the sight of the Lord again. 31:26 Look at this message here. 31:28 "Unfortunately, the history of national Israel 31:31 was for the most part, a repeated pattern 31:34 of apostasy followed by divine judgments, 31:37 repentance, and a period of obedience. 31:40 Only briefly, under David and Solomon, 31:43 did they control the full extent of the promise? 31:46 Did they control the full extent 31:49 of the promised territory?" 31:50 So God promised this land, the land deal, 31:53 but in order for them to enjoy the land, 31:56 for the rest of their lives, they had to remain faithful. 32:01 And we're not here attacking the people of Israel. 32:04 We're revealing to you what is in the Scriptures, 32:07 in the Scriptures, God's desire... 32:10 I want to say the same thing that Paul said. 32:15 And I believe we have all this in our heart. 32:17 In Romans 10:1-2 we have these words. 32:21 Romans 10:1-2, "Brethren, my heart's desire 32:27 and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 32:32 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, 32:36 but not according to knowledge." 32:40 And so verse 3, "For they being 32:43 ignorant of God's righteousness, 32:44 and seeking to establish their own righteousness, 32:47 have not submitted to the righteousness of God." 32:51 So this is a message for the people of Israel today. 32:55 And if anyone from the people of Israel is listening, 32:58 my heart's desire is for you to be saved. 33:01 And so I encourage you to look at the things 33:04 written in the scriptures. 33:06 Yes, in the Old Testament Scriptures, 33:08 we call them the Old Testament Scripture, 33:10 just call them the scriptures, 33:11 but encourage you to look at the scriptures 33:13 they are prophecies concerning the Messiah, 33:16 that tell of His sacrifice for us. 33:19 Yes, you have heard, don't read, 33:21 don't study Isaiah 53, 33:22 but please, it's there for your blessing. 33:26 Isaiah 53 has a message for the people of Israel, 33:29 the people of Israel, and even spiritual Israel 33:32 because it talks about our Messiah 33:35 that would suffer for us so that we can have salvation. 33:39 And I want to because of time limitation, 33:42 go to the blessing 33:46 that we have in Matthew 23. 33:50 Actually, this is a message from the Lord Jesus Christ. 33:54 Matthew 23:37-39, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 33:58 the one who kills the prophets 33:59 and stones those who are sent to her! 34:02 How often I wanted to gather your children together, 34:05 as a hen, gathers her chicks under her wings, 34:08 but you were not willing! 34:09 See! 34:11 Your house is left to you desolate, 34:12 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 34:16 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" 34:19 So if you say blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, 34:22 people of Israel, people of Israel, 34:25 spiritual Israel as well. 34:27 You will be blessed of the Lord. 34:29 So I want to leave you with this thought. 34:32 In Romans 11:22-23 let me see if I can get it done, 34:36 "Therefore consider the goodness 34:38 and severity of God, on those who fell, severity, 34:41 but toward you, goodness, 34:43 if you continue in His goodness." 34:44 Spiritual Israel has to continue 34:46 in God's goodness as well. 34:48 "Otherwise you also will be cut off." 34:51 And notice verse 23. 34:52 "And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, 34:57 will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again." 35:02 In 2 Peter 3:9 it says, "God is not willing 35:05 that any should perish, 35:06 whoever you are from whatever nation, 35:08 God is not willing that you should perish, 35:10 but should come to repentance 35:11 and enjoy the salvation of the Lord." 35:14 Amen. Thank you, Pastor Dinzey. 35:17 What a wonderful setup. 35:18 As you talk about coming back to the Lord coming back, 35:22 responding to the invitation of God, 35:24 which then makes you The Remnant, 35:25 which is what Wednesday is all about. 35:27 I want to begin with a very important statement. 35:30 When you look at the Bible, there's a cadence among Israel. 35:34 And its blessing, rebellion, blessing, rebellion, 35:36 even among the kings, blessing, rebellion, blessing, rebellion. 35:40 And sometimes I'm reading stories 35:41 in the book like Asa. 35:43 Asa had peace, and all of those days, 35:45 God gave him a peace for 10 years. 35:48 And I'd love the story to end right there with it. 35:51 But then Asa, and we think but then Abraham, 35:53 but then Solomon, and you think but Jeroboam, 35:56 but you think of all these names 35:57 and I thought, wow, 35:59 it shows that the Bible is not written by men, 36:03 because if it was written by men, men would not say 36:06 anything bad about themselves. 36:08 It shows that the Bible is not written by men. 36:10 But look at the promises that God has given 36:14 to Israel about the remnant. 36:16 Let's go to Isaiah 10:20-22, the remnant. 36:21 My first point is God will restore holiness, 36:25 and dependence in Him among the remnant. 36:29 "And it shall come to pass and that day 36:32 that the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped 36:36 of the house of Jacob will never again depend on him 36:41 who defeated them, but will depend on the Lord, 36:45 the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 36:48 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, 36:52 to the Mighty God. 36:54 For though your people, O Israel, 36:56 be as the sand of the sea, 36:58 a remnant of them will return, the destruction decreed 37:03 shall overflow with righteousness." 37:06 Notice what happens when a heart is returning 37:08 to God. 37:09 All the destruction that was decreed against you, 37:11 God is going to turn that around for righteousness. 37:14 When a person turns his or her heart to the Lord, 37:18 the deluge against your rebellion stops, 37:21 and God in gracious love for us 37:23 begins to open before us a flower of abundant blessings, 37:27 a flower of glory and gratitude and blessings. 37:29 And God will do that. 37:31 Not only will He do that, but God will restore those 37:34 who have been disenfranchised. 37:36 And there are many people that have walked away 37:37 from religion because they were labeled 37:40 in such a way or dealt with in such a way 37:42 that it was not a pleasant experience for them, 37:45 God will gather a remnant even from among them. 37:48 Micah 4:6-7. 37:50 The Bible says, "'In that day,' says the Lord, Micah 4:6-7, 37:55 "I will assemble the lame, I will gather the outcast 38:00 and those whom I have afflicted, 38:03 I will make the lame a remnant, 38:05 and the outcast a strong nation, 38:08 so the Lord will reign over them 38:11 in Mount Zion from now on, even for evermore." 38:15 That's why the Bible says in the New Testament, 38:17 make straight paths for your feet 38:19 so that the lane will not be turned out of the way. 38:21 God is calling us to be a guide to those who are looking 38:24 for a way back. 38:26 The third point God will preserve the honest in word, 38:29 and indeed. Zephaniah 3:12-13. 38:35 Verse 12, "I will leave in your midst 38:40 a meek and humble people, 38:42 and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 38:44 The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness 38:50 and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue 38:53 be found in their mouth, 38:55 for they shall feed their flocks and lie down, 38:57 and no one shall make them afraid." 38:59 Sounds like Revelation Chapter 7, 39:02 Revelation 14, "No deceit is found in their mouth, 39:05 no guile found in their mouths." 39:07 Once again, describing not only literal Israel, 39:10 those who will repent, but spiritual Israel, 39:13 those who make a covenant to God, according to His Word. 39:17 And when you think about the frustration 39:21 that God experienced because of Israel's disobedience, 39:24 I want to say that God's frustration, 39:26 let me repeat that man's rebellion 39:30 can never outlast God's desire to bring us back. 39:35 Let me say that again. 39:37 This is where the long-suffering 39:39 of God comes in, the long-suffering, 39:41 reminds me of the man that said, you know, 39:44 I'm going to prove there is no God. 39:46 And he went outside and looked up to the heavens 39:48 began to shake his fist and other things 39:50 that were perverse to the human ears. 39:54 And he said, "See, I told you there is no God." 39:56 And the Christian said, 39:58 "Well, God is also long-suffering." 40:00 You can't outlast God's long-suffering. 40:02 Praise God for that. 40:04 His long-suffering, not willing that any should perish 40:07 as Pastor Dinzey said, but then you'll have to ask yourself 40:10 the question, what is the purpose 40:11 of the remnant? 40:13 Why is God bringing the remnant back? 40:14 Let's look at Isaiah 42:6. 40:18 Isaiah 42:6, God doesn't just bring you back and say, 40:21 sit down and wait till I return. 40:23 There's a purpose for the remnant. 40:25 He wants to use them for a divine appointment. 40:28 Isaiah 42:6, "I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, 40:35 and will hold Your hand, I will keep You and give You 40:39 as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles." 40:45 I was talking to somebody who's a part 40:46 of a religious sect, 40:48 that just seems once again to seem to be exclusive, 40:51 you know, we're the only ones that God has chosen. 40:54 God has not chosen any other race 40:55 or any other color or any other class, 40:57 creed or cast. 40:59 And I've said to you, you don't know the gospel. 41:01 If you think the gospel is exclusive to only one race 41:04 of individuals, then you fail to realize 41:07 the most prominent text in the Bible, John 3:16, 41:10 "That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish." 41:14 The Lord came to seek and save the lost, 41:16 not just the lost of a certain race, 41:18 He began because of choosing Israel, 41:20 to appeal to them for three and a half years. 41:23 And then He says, "I come to the lost sheep 41:25 of the house of Israel." 41:27 But that was not the extent of His invitation, 41:29 whosoever will let him come. 41:32 When we think about that, the question is, 41:34 what will the shining light of those 41:37 who respond to the invitation of God do? 41:39 Isaiah 60:3, "The Gentiles shall come to your light, 41:46 and the kings to the brightness of your rising." 41:49 When Paul and Barnabas waxed bowl 41:52 and preach their hearts out in Antioch. 41:55 And the entire city came together 41:56 in Acts Chapter 13, 41:58 the entire city came together on the next Sabbath, 42:00 to hear the Word of God. 42:03 It stirred up the hearts of those who did not return 42:05 to the Lord, the devout men, the chief leaders of the city, 42:08 the women of the city, the Jews stirred up 42:11 all of those against the message 42:13 of Paul and Barnabas because in their hearts, 42:16 they did not return to the Lord. 42:20 So now let me bring about seven points 42:21 in the time I have, 42:23 seven points, Jill, this is amazing. 42:26 We think about the remnant and I want to make this, 42:28 I'm gonna preface this by saying this, 42:31 there are many people that have loved ones 42:32 that have walked away from God 42:34 and you think to yourself, will they ever return? 42:37 Well, God has not stopped. 42:38 God has not stopped working on trying to bring 42:40 that person back. 42:41 My first point, never give up on those that appear hopeless. 42:47 God is still not done trying to save them. 42:51 Look at Job 14:7-9. 42:54 This to me is it's a passage that's hidden 42:58 within the context what happens when you die? 43:01 The Bible says, Job 14:7-9, "For there is hope for a tree, 43:07 if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, 43:11 and that its tender shoots will not cease. 43:13 Though its roots may grow old in the earth, 43:17 and its stump may die in the ground, 43:20 yet at the scent of water it will bud 43:24 and bring forth branches like a plant." 43:27 So when the Lord talks about we are the light of the world, 43:30 we are the salt of the earth, we are to be like living water. 43:34 If the living water of Christ 43:36 is pouring forth from our lives, 43:38 somebody who's thirsty may get a scent of that water 43:41 and begin to bud again. 43:42 Praise God for that. 43:44 Jeremiah 30:3, God is still extending 43:47 an invitation to those who He wants to bring back 43:51 that have strayed away. 43:52 Jeremiah 30:3, "For behold, the days are coming, 43:55 says the Lord, 'that I will bring back 43:57 from captivity My people Israel and Judah, 44:01 and I will cause them to return to the land 44:03 that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'" 44:07 Third point. 44:09 After the frustration of failing 44:10 to find satisfaction in the world, 44:12 God said they will come back. 44:14 Hosea 3:5, listen to this. 44:17 "Afterward the children of Israel shall return 44:19 and seek the Lord their God and David their king. 44:23 They shall fear the Lord and His goodness 44:26 in the latter days." 44:28 Point number four. 44:29 God does not prevent rebellion, 44:32 but God does not bless it either. 44:35 Hosea 2:7, "She will chase her lovers, 44:38 but not overtake them. 44:40 Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. 44:43 Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband, 44:47 for then it was better for me than now.'" 44:50 Praise the Lord. 44:51 I may preserve the last two for the end of the program. 44:54 Number five, God will return to those that returned to him. 44:58 Zachariah 1:3, "Therefore say to them, 45:02 'Thus says the Lord of hosts. 45:04 'Return to Me,' says the Lord of hosts. 45:06 'And I will return to you,' says the Lord of hosts.'" 45:10 So the invitation today is, if you return to God, 45:13 He cannot wait to return to you. 45:16 Amen. Great study. 45:20 Thursday's lesson title is going to make someone go ew. 45:27 It's like to some people, it's like, the nails on chalkboard. 45:32 And the title is Spiritual Israel. 45:36 There are some who really have a difficult idea 45:39 with that thought, we're going to just look at the Bible. 45:44 But let me give you what I'm going to read 45:48 a paragraph first from this lesson. 45:52 This comes from our quarterly. 45:54 "Whatever the mistakes and failings of ancient Israel, 45:57 the Lord was not finished with the plan of creating 45:59 a faithful people to serve Him. 46:01 In fact, the Old Testament looked forward to a time 46:05 when the Lord would create its spiritual Israel, 46:09 a faithful body of believers, Jews and Gentiles, 46:12 who would carry on the work 46:14 of preaching the gospel to the world. 46:17 Welcome to the early church!" 46:20 The name Israel is a spiritual name. 46:24 When Jacob wrestled with the Lord hung on to him 46:29 and said, "I'll not let you go till You bless me." 46:32 It was God, who gave Jacob 46:36 this new spiritual name, 46:40 the nation of Israel 46:42 that are the 12 sons of Jacob 46:47 became known as Israel. 46:52 It's a spiritual name when they were in covenant, 46:56 but let's just look real quickly. 47:00 Sometimes you say spiritual Israel, 47:02 and there are people who are saying 47:03 that's replacement theology. 47:07 Romans 9:6-8, we're gonna let the Bible talk to us. 47:12 Romans 9:6-8. 47:16 Paul writes to the Romans and says, 47:18 "They are not all Israel who are of Israel, 47:23 nor are they all children because 47:24 they are the seed of Abraham," now here he's talking about 47:27 the offspring, the biological, 47:30 "but, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called.'" 47:34 Abraham had Ishmael. 47:39 But Ishmael wasn't Abraham's promised son. 47:44 It was the son that came from his own loins, 47:47 and he had six sons after that when he get to be old. 47:51 But still, Isaac is called the only begotten son 47:57 because he's the son of the promise. 47:58 So he says, in Isaac your seed shall be called, 48:02 that is Romans 9:8. 48:06 "Those who are the children of the flesh, 48:08 these are not the children of God." 48:11 So just because you were born in a biological line 48:17 of Abraham, he's saying that's not it. 48:20 "It's the children of the promise 48:22 that are counted as the seed. 48:24 Now let's flip quickly to Galatians 3, 48:27 I'm not going to get through my stuff. 48:29 Galatians 3:26. 48:33 You don't have to believe in spiritual Israel 48:35 because we're saying there's a spiritual Israel. 48:38 We believe because the Bible says this. 48:42 Galatians 3:26, "You are sons of God 48:46 through faith in Christ Jesus. 48:48 For as many of you as were baptized 48:50 into Christ have put on Christ. 48:52 There's neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, 48:55 male nor female, 48:57 for you are one in Christ Jesus. 48:59 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, 49:05 and heirs according to the everlasting 49:09 covenant promise of salvation by grace 49:11 through faith." 49:13 Let's take that apart. 49:14 Verse 26, "You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 49:19 all who are born again believers are God's children." 49:25 2 Peter 1:4 says, 49:27 "That we partake of his divine nature." 49:31 And John 1:12, Jill, I know this is one of your favorites. 49:35 This says, "As many as received Him," 49:38 received Christ as their Savior, 49:41 "to them He gave the right to become children of God, 49:45 to those who believe in His name, 49:48 who were born," catch this, "not of blood, 49:52 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 49:56 but of God." 49:57 Now we go on and we know that, 50:00 let's look at Galatians 3:27. 50:04 "As many of you as were baptized into Christ 50:10 have put on Christ." 50:13 Well, question is, what does it mean to be 50:15 baptized into Christ? 50:18 What if baptism doesn't necessarily affect 50:22 the union with Christ? 50:24 What I'm saying is, if somebody is a sinner 50:27 and their heart is an unregenerate heart, 50:29 they can go down in the water a sinner 50:31 and come up a wet sinner. 50:33 So being baptized into Christ, 50:36 it is the baptism of the Holy Spirit 50:39 that you and I entrust with Christ. 50:40 1 Corinthians 12:13, it says, "By one Spirit we were 50:47 all baptized into one body whether Jews or Greeks, 50:52 slaves or free, and have all been made 50:56 to drink up one spirit." 50:59 Let me tell you something, 51:01 I am not diminishing in any way, water baptism. 51:07 Romans Chapter 6 tells us it is symbolic 51:10 of what God has done in our heart. 51:12 Water baptism is symbolic of us dying with Christ, 51:16 of us being resurrected to walk in newness of life. 51:20 It is a commandment. 51:23 And it is probably when you get that in your heart 51:26 when you've been born again. 51:28 That's the first commandment you ought to be keeping 51:31 because water baptism is extremely important. 51:35 But it says if you're baptized into Christ, Paul says, 51:39 "You have put on Christ." 51:42 What does he mean we have put on Christ? 51:46 This implies a likeness to Christ. 51:50 Romans 13:13-14. 51:56 Paul says, "Let us walk properly, 52:00 as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, 52:04 lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy." 52:10 Romans 13:14 says, 52:11 "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, 52:16 and make no provision for your flesh, 52:22 to fulfill its lust." 52:24 Paul use the image of putting off the old, 52:28 you know, the body is the tent, 52:30 we can put off the old and we put on the new. 52:34 This is putting off the sinful behavior 52:37 and putting on the character of Christ. 52:42 Let it's symbolic of our thoughts 52:44 and our attitudes and our actions. 52:46 So verse 28, Galatians 3:28, 52:50 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, 52:52 neither slave nor free, 52:54 neither male nor female, 52:56 for you are all one in Christ Jesus." 52:58 Race and national distinction, 53:03 class differences and rivalry 53:06 between the sexes all disappear 53:11 at the foot of the cross, right? 53:14 We all are created equal, 53:18 no one enjoys special privileges, 53:21 and then verse 29, Galatians 3:29. 53:24 "If you are Christ, you're Abraham's seed, 53:28 and heirs according to the promise." 53:32 We, all of us believers are heirs 53:36 of the spiritual blessing that accompanied 53:40 the Abrahamic covenant, 53:42 the justification by faith, righteousness by faith. 53:46 And, you know, some people say, "Well, what about 53:49 that land deal that you were talking about?" 53:51 Let me read Romans 4:13. 53:54 This is talking about the promise 53:56 of inheriting the earth because Romans 4:13 says, 53:59 "The promise to Abraham is that he would be 54:03 the heir of the world not just made to Abraham, 54:08 but to all of his seed, 54:11 and through the righteousness of faith." 54:14 One last scripture, 54:18 Romans 8:14. 54:21 "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, 54:25 these are the sons of God." 54:29 Are you baptized with the Holy Spirit? 54:32 Are you being led by the Spirit, 54:35 putting on Christ Jesus? 54:37 Verse 16 says, "The spirit himself bears witness 54:40 with our spirit that we are the children of God, 54:43 and if children," guess what? 54:46 "Then we're heirs, heirs of God 54:49 and joint heirs with Christ Jesus." 54:54 And how exciting, but let me say this though, 54:58 it continues, "If indeed we suffer with Him, 55:02 that we may also be glorified together." 55:06 Ah, there is a spiritual Israel. 55:10 Amen. 55:12 Thank you so much for that, Shelley, 55:13 that's powerful spiritual Israel. 55:15 Each one of you, thank you for your study. 55:17 As we explored Abraham's Seed, I want to take 55:20 just a moment and give each one of you 55:22 a few closing thoughts. 55:23 Yeah, absolutely. 55:25 So a text that comes to my mind as I referenced it 55:27 in my day's lesson on this Land Deal. 55:31 We're looking forward to that beautiful, perfect land, 55:33 that perfect place that God has prepared for us. 55:36 And I just wanted to read John 14:1-3, it says, 55:40 "Let not your heart be troubled, 55:42 you believe in God believe also in Me. 55:45 In my Father's house are many mansions, 55:47 if it were not so, I would have told you. 55:50 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again 55:53 and receive you to myself 55:55 that where I am, there you may be also." 55:57 What a blessed promise. Amen. 55:59 Amen, amen. 56:00 And so we consider God's mercy and greatness. 56:04 In Isaiah 56:6-7, it talks about the stranger 56:07 and the Jew being together in God's house of prayer. 56:12 You see, the everlasting covenant 56:14 is for all people of every nation. 56:17 Notice what it says in Revelation 14:6, 56:20 "Then I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 56:23 having the everlasting gospel to preach to those 56:25 who dwell on the earth to every nation, 56:28 tribe, tongue, and people." 56:30 The people of Israel, 56:31 the everlasting covenant is for you. 56:33 And every nation under heaven, 56:35 the everlasting covenant is for you. 56:37 Amen. We talk about the remnant. 56:39 How will the remnant be formed? 56:41 John 10:27-28, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, 56:48 and they follow Me." 56:50 Verse 28, "And I give unto them eternal life, 56:53 and they shall never perish, neither shall 56:56 any man pluck them out of My hand." 57:00 Praise God for that. Amen. 57:01 When we talk about the promise of inheriting the earth, 57:04 this has to be seen in relationship to Christ, 57:07 future reign when the earth is made new 57:11 and He is King of kings, and the Lord of lord 57:14 because we only spend that thousand in heaven, 57:17 and then we come down here on a new earth, 57:19 New Jerusalem, hallelujah. 57:22 Amen. 57:23 Thank you so much, Shelley, Pastor John, Pastor Johnny, 57:26 and Pastor Ryan, and thank you for joining us as well. 57:28 We've learned that God's true Israel, 57:31 whether before or after the cross 57:33 is the Israel of faith. 57:35 These are people who have lived 57:36 in spiritual covenant relationship with Christ. 57:40 So that as it says in Philippians 2:15, 57:43 "We can be blameless and harmless, 57:46 children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked 57:50 and perverse generation, among whom 57:53 we shine as lights in the world." 57:56 You and I all of us are called to be His witnesses 57:59 and His representatives to the world. 58:02 Join us next week. 58:04 Lesson number seven Covenant at Sinai. |
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