-------------------------------Last Week------------------------------ -El Shaddai: Almighty, All Powerful God El Shaddai will confirms His covenant to… … give Abraham descendants (17:2,4-6) Physical & Spiritual … give Abraham’s descendants land Earthly & Heavenly … give Abraham’s descendants Himself -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abram’s Descendants shall apply the covenant sign (17:9-14) •Circumcision is a sign of God’s covenant with man (11) •The covenant sign should be applied to infants (v12a) •The covenant sign should be applied to households (v12b) •This sign represents an ‘everlasting’ covenant (v13) •The covenant sign is not optional (v14) •The covenant sign does not save (Deut 10:16; Rom 2:28) •Circumcision signifies Christ cutting away our sin (Col 2) •Circumcision is a shadow of greater covenant (Col 2:1-12) TO SEE CIRCLE DIAGRAMS, PLESE WATCH VIDEO, OR DOWNLOAD "Sermon Outline for Bulletin" below. ____________________________________ Sermon Resources oBoice, James. Genesis. Baker Publishing oEnglish Standard Version Study Bible. Crossroads Pub. oNIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. Zondervan Pub. oDuncan, Ligon The Sign of the Covenant Sermon Notes* oFresko, John The sign of the covenant MP3* * Available at www.thegospelcoalition.org