God’s Covenant with Noah, Parts 3 & 4
God's covenant with Noah after the flood, its promises, the sign attached to it, and its significance for us today.
God’s Covenant with Noah, Part 2
God's made his covenant with Noah after the flood in response to Noah's sacrifice. That sacrifice shows us the necessity of the shedding of blood for the covenant of God to be fulfilled.
God’s Covenant with Noah, Part 1
God's covenant with Noah before the flood and the significance of Noah's name
God’s Covenant with Adam after the Fall
The promise of God to Adam after the fall, implicit in his words to the serpent in Genesis 3:15, is the mother of all the promises of God in Old and New Testaments and the acorn from which grows the mighty oak tree of God's covenant with his people maintained and enriched throughout all of…
God’s Covenant with Adam in the Garden
Though the Scriptures do not tell us directly that God's relationship with Adam was covenantal, there was a promise implicit in his threat of death for eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is best not to call this a covenant of works.
Old Testament Covenant History
A review of Old Testament history that demonstrates that God made his covenants with his people at times of crisis, when the seed of the serpent was strong and threatening the continued existence and prosperity of his people.
Covenants of Men with God
The Scriptures speak of covenants of men with God that are separate from, but nevertheless responses to, God's covenants with men.
Covenants of God with Men
God's covenants are unilateral. He always initiates them and says, I will make my covenant with you. Therefore, they are not treaties or agreements, but promises which God makes voluntarily, and by which he graciously brings men into friendship with himself.
Covenants of Men with Men
The Scriptures speak of covenants that men make with other men. These are of different sorts, such as contracts, treaties and agreements; and they vary widely according to the circumstances and the relative status of the parties involved. But they all have this in common, that they are the establishing of a relationship between two…