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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
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• Covenants in the Old Testament.
• A. The Hebrew word berith Covenant, league
  confederacy From. Akkadian root meaning to
  fetter (Nelsons Expository Dictionary of the
  Old Testament, eds. Merrill F. Unger William
  White Jr., Thomas Nelson Pub.Nashville. 1980. p.
  82-83). Genesis 617,18 Genesis 2132I Samuel
  1833 Genesis 2123,24 II Samuel 53 Malachi
  214

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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
51-4)

• Covenants in the Old Testament.
• B. Gods covenants with man.
• 1. Established (Genesis 618 Genesis 157-18).
  2. Declared (Deuteronomy 413,14).
• 3. Commanded (Joshua 711).
• 4. Remembered (Exodus 65,6).
• 5. Broken (Jeremiah 3132).
• God does not forget (Deuteronomy 431)
• God does not break (Leviticus 2644)
  covenants because he has sworn and God is
  steadfast.

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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
51-4)

• II. The Law of Moses Was a Covenant.
• A. The LORD our God made (karath - cut) a
  covenant with us in Horeb (Deuteronomy 53).
• B. The LORD did not make this covenant with our
  fathers (Deuteronomy 54).
• C. He declared to you His covenant which He
  commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments
  and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
  (Deuteronomy 413).

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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
51-4)

• II. The Law of Moses Was a Covenant.
• D. Moses was to teach this covenant. And the
  LORD commanded me at that time to teach you
  statutes and judgments, that you might observe
  them in the land which you cross over to
  possess. (Deuteronomy 414).
• E. God promised a New a Different Covenant.
  (Jeremiah 3131-34).

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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
51-4)

• III. Gods Covenant in the New Testament.
• A. A New Covenant is Established by the Blood of
  Christ. Matthew 2626-29 1. Greek word diatheke
  testament (Greek- English Lexicon of the New
  Testament, by Joseph H. Thayer. p. 136).
• B. The Gospel of Jesus is this New Covenant.
  (Hebrews 87-13).
• C. The New has Replaced the Old (Hebrews 87
  813).

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The Lord our God Made a Covenant (Deuteronomy
51-4)

• Conclusion.
• There are elements which are a part of the
  nature of covenants that are true of the New
  Covenant. It was...
• A. Established. (Matthew 2628).
• B. It was declared. (Hebrews 12).
• C. It is commanded. (Acts 1730).
• D. It must be remembered. (Hebrews 23).
• E. We must not break covenant. (John 1510).