God has a Plan. The plan is to establish a covenant rela4onship with us

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1 God has a Plan The plan is to establish a covenant rela4onship with us

2 God has a Plan In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Though him all things were made The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and only who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-3, 14 NIV

3 God has a Plan I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head (Genesis 3:15 NIV) Abraham will surely become a great and powerful na4on and all na4ons on earth will be blessed through him. (Genesis 8:18 NIV)

4 The Bible is all one story!

5 Genesis 22

6 Exodus 12

7 Levi4cus 4

8 John 1 Behold the lamb of God

9 John 19

10 The Bible is all one story! How many authors wrote the Bible? Over how many years was the Bible wri6en?

11 The Bible is all one story! How many authors wrote the Bible? A trick ques,on technically, only one! (1 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21) The Holy Spirit guided approximately 39 different people to write the scriptures. Over how many years was the Bible wri6en? From Moses wri,ng the Pentateuch to the apostle John wri,ng the book of Revela,on was 1,500 years.

12 Key Terms Exercise You are transla4ng the Bible into a tribal language called English. But there is no word for covenant! 1) What other word or phrase will you use to communicate the meaning of covenant? 2) Pick three addi4onal words that sum up the core concepts contained within the word covenant.

13 Old Testament Covenants

14 The two main parts of the Bible: The Old Testament & The New Testament What does testament mean?

15 Jeremiah 31:31-34 NIV The 4me is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.... I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

16 is beeer. The New Covenant is uncondi4onal, based on grace. We do not earn it. All one needs to be included is faith that it is true. is everlas4ng. is ra4fied with the blood of Christ (who became fully human to mediate between fallen humanity and the Father) provides the Holy Spirit as the guarantee and down payment.

17 The New Covenant He has iden4fied us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us. 2 Corinthians 1:22 NIV

18 Grouping the Books in the New Testament Gospels (Maehew, Mark, Luke, John) Acts Big 3: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians GEPC (Gala4ans, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians 5 T s(1 Thess, 2 Thess, 1 Tim, 2 Tim, Titus)& Philemon Hebrews, James 1,2 Peter 1,2,3 John & Jude Revela4on

19 The New Covenant in the Gospels This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Mat 26:28 NIV) In the same way, aler the supper he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:20 NIV)

20 The New Covenant in the Gospels Jesus said to them I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. he who feeds on this bread will live forever. On hearing this, many of his disciples said, This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it? John 6:53-60

21 The New Covenant in Acts Repent, then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, that 4mes of refreshing may come from the Lord. You are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed. Peter in Acts 3:19,20,25

22 The New Covenant in Paul s Leeers You show that you are a leeer from Christ, the result of our ministry, wrieen not with ink but with the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts...he has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant not of the leeer but of the Spirit; for the leeer kills but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:6 NIV

23 The New Covenant in Paul s Leeers Are you so foolish? Aler beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to aeain your goal by human effort? Gala4ans 3:3 These two women serve as an illustra4on of God s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman and she is our mother. Gala4ans 4:24 NIV

24 The New Covenant in Hebrews Jesus has become the guarantee of a beeer covenant. Hebrews 7:22 NIV But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs (the Levi4cal priests) as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on beeer promises. For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Hebrews 8:6 NIV

25 The New Covenant in Hebrews But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are wrieen in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a beeer word than the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:22-24 NIV

26 Be My Valentine! God loves us!

27 God loves us As the scriptures say, A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. This is a great mystery, but it is an illustra4on of the way Christ and the church are one. Ephesians 5: NLT

28 God loves us Arise, come, my darling; my beau4ful one, come with me! Song of Solomon 2:10 NIV You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How delighpul is your love, my sister, my bride. How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice! Song of Solomon 4:9-10 NIV

29 God loves us Because Israel s immorality maeered so liele to her, she defiled the land and commieed adultery with stone and wood. Jeremiah 3:9 NIV When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in depar4ng from the Lord. Hosea 1:2 NIV

30 God loves us Jesus answered, How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? Maehew 9:15 NIV At that 4me the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Maehew 25:1 NIV

31 God loves us Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! John 21:7 NIV Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. John 1:7 NIV

32 Conclusion Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, And his bride has made herself ready. Revela4on 19:7 NIV

33 Themes throughout the Bible A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 NIV 1) The Lamb of God 2) The New Covenant 3) The Bride of Christ

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