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===The Source of Holiness in the Dispensation of Promise=== | ===The Source of Holiness in the Dispensation of Promise=== | ||
| + | *According to Hebrews 11:8-12, 17-19 what was it that Abraham had? | ||
| + | **Faith | ||
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| + | *According to Hebrews 11:20-22, what did each of the Patriarchs in the dispensation of promise possess? | ||
| + | **Faith | ||
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*According to Genesis 15:6, what was the source of Abraham's righteousness? | *According to Genesis 15:6, what was the source of Abraham's righteousness? | ||
**We are often quick to say it was his belief. I don't want to devalue this but read carefully, belief was certainly important but what does it say? God accounted it to him for righteousness. In other words it was by grace, through faith. God still bestowed the righteousness. Remember that each dispensation demonstrates that without God we are totally hopeless. | **We are often quick to say it was his belief. I don't want to devalue this but read carefully, belief was certainly important but what does it say? God accounted it to him for righteousness. In other words it was by grace, through faith. God still bestowed the righteousness. Remember that each dispensation demonstrates that without God we are totally hopeless. | ||
**This truth is so foundational that it is actually repeated three times in the New Testament, Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23. | **This truth is so foundational that it is actually repeated three times in the New Testament, Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23. | ||
| − | + | *What was the means by which someone was declared righteous in the dispensation of promise? | |
| + | **by grace through faith just as it is today according to Ephesians 2:8-9 | ||
==The Abrahamic Covenant== | ==The Abrahamic Covenant== | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 28 March 2019
Contents
Objectives
- Students will admit that while total depravity is globally true, it is also locally true in that each individual is totally depraved.
Opening
Main Body
The Dispensation of Promise
The Dispensation
- What command did God give Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3?
- Get out of your country
- Leave your family
- Go to a land I will show you
- What promises did God give Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3?
- He would be a great nation
- He would receive a special blessing
- God would provide blessing through Abraham
- Why do you suppose that God called Abraham out?
- I believe that this is another aspect of God's unfolding demonstration that he alone is Holy. Man fell from innocence, violated conscience despite knowing good from evil, and used government for evil rather than restraining evil. Mankind is in every way, totally depraved. Now God is going to show that even select men are totally depraved. When we speak of the total depravity of man we often think about the total depravity of others. Through the dispensation of promise God shows that we are each, individually, totally depraved.
- Did Abraham perfectly follow God's directions?
- No, Abraham brought Lot with him (Genesis 12:5). I don't think I can dogmatically say he was wrong to do so, but God told him to separate from his larger family and Lot did cause Abraham a lot of problem.
- Also, Abraham fled to Egypt when things got difficult in Genesis 12:10-20. Ultimately, the entire nation of Israel ends up in Egypt.
- If the dispensation of promise was a test of Abraham and his decadents ability to obey, what was the result?
- Failure of that test. God alone is Holy.
The Source of Holiness in the Dispensation of Promise
- According to Hebrews 11:8-12, 17-19 what was it that Abraham had?
- Faith
- According to Hebrews 11:20-22, what did each of the Patriarchs in the dispensation of promise possess?
- Faith
- According to Genesis 15:6, what was the source of Abraham's righteousness?
- We are often quick to say it was his belief. I don't want to devalue this but read carefully, belief was certainly important but what does it say? God accounted it to him for righteousness. In other words it was by grace, through faith. God still bestowed the righteousness. Remember that each dispensation demonstrates that without God we are totally hopeless.
- This truth is so foundational that it is actually repeated three times in the New Testament, Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23.
- What was the means by which someone was declared righteous in the dispensation of promise?
- by grace through faith just as it is today according to Ephesians 2:8-9
