Summary: Genesis 15:6 NIV Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. To this day, everything God does anywhere on this planet is given through the covenant that He made with Abraham 4000 years ago! Galatians 3:29 NIV If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Genesis 12:3 NIV ...and all the peoples of the earth will be blessed by you. Ephesians 2:12 NIV ... remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. Matthew 15:21-28 NIV 21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” 23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” 25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. 26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. 1 Samuel 17:10-11,16 NIV 10 Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” 11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. 16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. The negative personal experiences of many people will rob you of great faith in God! 1 Samuel 17:26 NIV David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” Deuteronomy 28:7 NIV The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 1 Samuel 17:36 NIV Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. Abraham's covenant killed Goliath! The covenant with Abraham is the basis for all the good things God wants to do in your life. Galatians 3:13-14 NIV 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. The essence of the curse: - Complete financial ruin - Failing health and loss of family - Complete separation from God We have no way to know what we are to resist and what we are to receive without an examination of the contract between God and Abraham. You will not receive any blessing that you are not mindful of! Matthew 8:11 NIV I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
