Lesson 4 - Abrahamic Covenant Flashcards
What is the theme of Genesis 12?
The promised seed and the promised land to Abraham (Genesis 12 is the center point of redemptive history)
What is the pattern of covenantal language that is used with Abraham?
“As for me, as for you…” (blessings/commands intermingled together)
What are the promises God gives to Abraham in Genesis 17?
- ) God makes his covenant firm
- ) God will make Abraham the father of a multitude of nations
- ) God will make Abraham the father of Kings
- ) God will include Abraham’s descendants in Covenant promises
- ) God will give the land to Abraham and his descendants
- ) I will be your God and your descendant’s God (17:7-8)
What is Abraham’s obligation?
Faith and circumcision
Is circumcision the covenant or the sign of the covenant?
Exegetically, the answer is both on this.
But specifically, the covenant is not circumcision, but the covenant is the promises given to Abraham by God. Circumcision is the sign of assurance to Abraham. But God speaks of it in a close identification because they are tied together in such a way that if you reject the sign you reject the covenant.
What does circumcision mean?
a. ) Sign of membership in the external covenant community
b. ) God’s plan and covenant is familial and generational
c. ) Signifies a need for cleansing
d. ) Not a sign of entrance into manhood
e. ) Not a sign of Jewish ethnicity
f. ) Does not bring about salvation
g. ) It is a spiritual sign (not ethnic, or national sign) to confirm God’s covenant promises
What is the Scriptural support for the relationship between circumcision and baptism?
Acts 2:38-39, Colossians 2:11-12
What are the reasons for baptism being a covenantal sign?
Acts 2:38-39, Colossians 2:11-12, 1 Peter 3:21, Romans 6
What are the reasons for covenantal signs?
a. ) Sacraments/ordinances don’t have salvific power
b. ) They are mans that God has appointed to pour out his favor on us.
c. ) Signs to aid our faith, not replace our faith
