God's Covenant from Abraham to Moses

I. The Abrahamic Covenant Examined – Genesis chapters 15 and 17

1. The Covenant before Circumcision -- Genesis 15
   v. 6 is the key verse.
   2. The Covenant Sealed with Circumcision -- Gen. 17
      Gal. 3:6-9; 3:16; 3:26-29 – Christians are the true seed of Abraham

II. Paul Examines the Abrahamic Covenant -- Romans 3:27-31
Here Paul introduces 3 questions, which he gives short answers for,
then he expands and expounds on those answers in chapter 4.

1. Where is boasting? V. 27
   Answered also in Romans 4:1-8
2. Is He the God of the Jews only? V. 29 See also Romans 4:9-12
3. Does faith make the Law null and void? V. 31 See also Romans 4:13-15

III. The Covenant Promises from Abraham to Moses
With Jacob, everything changed -- Gen. 28:13-15

IV. The Mosaic Covenant

1. The priority of faith over law -- Romans 4:16-22

2. All this was written for our benefit -- Romans 4:23-5:2

   We need to remember the Mosaic Covenant is more than LAW. Exodus 6:1-8

So, in reality, the Mosaic Covenant is just a further revelation of God's Covenant of Grace that was clearly shown to Abraham – and the appeal to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is very familiar O.T. language.

Exodus 19:3-6 – compare to I Peter 2:9-10