0:00 Remarks…THE COVENANT OF GOD (Focusing On How GOD Has Worked Redemption In History With HIS People In A Covenantal Fashion)…The Erroneous Teaching Of DISPENSATIONALISM (DISP) Has Obstructed The Understanding Of Covenant Theology (CT).
0:50 FIVE DISTINCT POINTS OF CT
1:14 1) SOVEREIGN COVENANT OF GRACE
3:36 The Erroneous Concept Of The Sovereignty Of GOD Cut Loose From A Concept Of A Covenant Keeping GOD…eg, A Major Debate Among Theologians In The Middle Ages: Does GOD Have The Freedom To Send The Virgin Mary To Hell?…The Protestant Reformation Illuminated That The Scriptures Shows GOD, Though Sovereign, Isn’t Capricious & Therefore, Binds HIMSELF To HIS WORD/COVENANT
6:48 The Basis For GOD’s Covenant With Man Is GOD’s SOVEREIGN LOVE, GRACE, & MERCY: Deut7:7-9
8:21 The Blessings & Curses Of GOD’s Covenant With Man
8:59 Judas Iscariot, eg: Receiving Severe Curses/Judgment For Breaking Covenant…BEING IN COVENANT WITH GOD DOESN’T MEAN AUTOMATIC SALVATION
11:19 THE PURPOSE OF GOD’s COVENANT(Jer11:2-4) “…you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
14:09 JESUS, THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT PROMISE Heb9:15…Heb6:13-19…GLB Expands; The Self-Maledictory Oath…GOD SWEARS BY HIMSELF…Children Of Abraham By Faith, Receiving What GOD Promised To Him…Receiving Salvation, Being Made Sons Of GOD Through JESUS…Gal3:15-22
16:43 Gal3:15-22 …1st Point Summary
18:14 2) GOD’s POST-FALL COVENANTS SUPPLEMENT EACH OTHER AS ONE; THEY DON’T SUPPLANT EACH OTHER!
18:23 This Is The MAJOR Disagreement Between CT & DISP Regarding GOD’s Redemptive Ways In History
18:41 According To Classical DISP, GOD Has More Than One Covenant Way To Redeem: eg, Abrahamic Covenant; Mosaic Covenant; New Testament Covenant; & Jewish Legal Covenant…These Covenants Run Parallel To Each Other Rather Than Being An Expansion Of ONE
19:57 According To CT, GOD Expands Throughout History On THE ONE COVENANT Made with Adam Which Pointed To CHRIST
20:35 Eph2:12 THE CRUCIAL EXPRESSION THAT KILLS ANY DISP UNDERSTANDING OF REDEMPTIVE HISTORY…”COVENANTS—PLURAL, OF PROMISE—SINGULAR.”…ALL OF THESE COVENANTS ARE PROMISSORY, NOT LEGALISTIC & ARE ONE
23:47 3) ALL PROMISES OF GOD ARE AFFIRMED & CONFIRMED IN CHRIST THE LORD, 2 Cor1:20; Gal3
24:54 DISP’S BLASPHEMY! …THE HIGH PRIEST, ALMIGHTY JESUS, IS BARRED FROM ENTERING “THE TEMPLE.”…GLB REITERATES THAT JESUS AFFIRMS, CONFIRMS, & FULFILLS ALL COVENANT PROMISES Luke24:27; Jn5:39; Heb11…David; Jeremiah; The Upper Room…THERE ARE NO SEPARATE COVENANTS
28:26 2nd Point Summary & Chapter 7 Of The Westminster Confession Of Faith…ONE COVENANT, CONSISTING OF LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRIST THE SAVIOR (OT), & LOOKING BACK TO CHRIST THE SAVIOR (NT)
31:16 So Then, How Should We Look At The Moral Stipulations Of The OT?…REFORMED THEOLOGY VS. DISP…THE HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING OF ROM6:14 (LAW, GRACE, & GOD’s HOLINESS)
35:35 The Erroneous Belief That OT Laws Are Abolished Unless Restated In The NT…THE UNIFIED CHARACTER OF GOD IN BOTH THE OT & NT…JESUS Didn’t Come To Do Away With THE HOLY LAW(Matt5:18) Of HIS FATHER; HE Came To Reestablish It, To Redeem Those Who Had Violated It, And Give Them The Strength Of HIS SPIRIT To Obey It
36:53 Matt5:17-19…THE DEFAULT SETTING OF THE LAW IS – VALID UNLESS GOD SAYS OTHERWISE…NOT THE DEFAULT SETTING OF – ABOLISHED UNLESS RESTATED…GLB Expands, eg, Sacrificial System Has Been Abolished, But NOT THE PROHIBITION OF BESTIALITY
38:49 4) THE NT CHURCH HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF OT ETHNO-ISRAEL
39:03 Matt21:43; Eph2; Rom11:17-24; Heb3; Gal3:7&29; Gal6:16; 1Peter2:9(Exodus19:5-6); Acts15: 1Cor11:25(Jer31:31); Eph2; Rom2:29; Rev21; Jn10, etc. “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.”—Matt21:43
42:39 The Blindness Of DISP
43:06 The Mark Of GOD’s Covenant People (Baptism Acts2:38-40)…Col2:11&12…(OUTWARD SIGNS OF AN INWARD GRACE)…Who Was Circumcised In The OT? (Answer) Believers & Their Children…So It Is In NT That Believers & Their Children Are To Bear The Covenant Mark Of CHRIST(Baptism Acts2:38-40)…Col2:11&12
45:37 GLB Expands On Baptism, Acts2:38-40 Alludes To Genesis17…1Cor7:14
47:05 5) THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON EARTH & THAT IT WILL GROW TO HAVE WORLDWIDE VISIBLE SUCCESS PRIOR TO THE RETURN OF CHRIST. AND WHEN HE RETURNS THERE WILL BE A GENERAL RESURRECTION OF BOTH SAINT & SINNER & ALL WILL BE JUDGED AT THAT TIME
47:39 …This Is All Contrary To DISP’S Eschatology…THE REFORMED CHURCHES HAVEN’T TAUGHT DISP’S ESCHATOLOGY FOR GOOD BIBLICAL REASON
48:04 …We’re Not Waiting For JESUS To Establish HIS KINGDOM Because HE Already Has Done It! Matt12:28; Rev20; Matt28:18-20; Matt16:17-19; Col1:13; Mk4:31; Matt13:33; Isa9:7; Isa2; Ps72; Zac14:20; Mal1:11; 1Thes4:16: Acts24:15: Jn5; Matt25; Jn5:28&29
52:56 SUMMARY (The Significant Differences Between CT & DISP)
54:37 NEXT LECTURE
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1:10:56 PRAYER
What does it mean to be theologically “Reformed”? It is not easy to offer a concise, full and clear summary. This is one of Dr. Bahnsen’s most frequently requested series and a great teaching tool in doctrine. Explains how the Reformed outlook differs from others.
