3. How It All Went Wrong - Fall: The Undeserved Covenant - Bryan Long (Genesis 12, 15, 17)
God blesses people as His channel for showing favor for all the nations, despite man’s unworthy status.

God blesses people as His channel for showing favor for all the nations, despite man’s unworthy status.
When proud men set themselves against the Sovereign God, God will always win.
God graciously seeks, confronts, and offers reconciliation to even the most guilty sinner.
God created people to reflect His image, engage in productive work, and be morally responsible to Him.
God is great not just because nothing is too big, God is great because nothing is too small.
Jesus awakens love for others so we would communicate Him through our grace stories and prioritized life.
Jesus forms us together into a people to nurture spiritual multiplication and personal purpose.
Jesus calls us to Himself so that we can discover intimacy with God and the Fruit of the Spirit.
The Gospel changes everything. The Good News connects our daily lives to God’s greater mission.
The Gospel remodels us into faithful people who emulate Christ through our words, lives, and deeds.
Whereas sin turns us away from God towards ourselves, the Gospel empowers us to live holy lives before Him.
The Church grows as God’s Word spreads through people, when good deeds, discipleship and doctrine align.
False teaching must be steered clear from, for it undermines the very foundation that the Church is built upon.
The Church is established as an outpost in a dark world. We must hold firmly to the Gospel.
Paul tells us the fundamental characteristics of the Christian life cultivated in one another.
By the sacrifice of Jesus, allow God to make us into what He desires.
7. The Race: The Strength Training of Faith - Milo Wilson (Hebrews 13:7-19) by Randall Church
Focus on loving others, being hospitable, and helping those who suffer because of their faith.
In light of our great God, we serve Him with obedient, grateful, and reverent hearts.
Help each other overcome the hindrances that could cause us to drop out of the race.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this life’s race.
Faith crests when we to surrender to God that which is most precious to us.
The faith in the most prominent biblical figures is the same faith in you.
To have faith that endures trials, remember God’s work in the past, present, and future.
Through Christ, new covenant believers receive something new: Total forgiveness.
Forgiveness of sins comes only through the blood of Christ.
The old sacrificial system was a temporary, imperfect way of pointing ahead to Christ.
Jesus is the better priest who mediates a better covenant.
Jesus our high priest guarantees hope of salvation for all who draw near to God through Him.
You need to know Melchizedek because he’s a type of Christ, and you need to know Christ.