God's Covenant With All Humanity
- Did Noah have any part in God's covenant symbolized by the rainbow? Can a covenant be made by one party with another without the agreement of the second party? How can we who were not present be included?
- Does 2 Peter 3:6 " Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished," imply that Noah's flood need not have been global? How would that impact God's covenant symbolized by the rainbow?
- Can God's promise not to destroy the earth by flood again be conditional?
God's Covenant with Abraham
- Is Abraham's seed Jesus or all of us?
- Was Abraham considered righteous because of his faith or because of his work?
- How can Abraham be called the father of those who have faith when he lied twice demonstrating lack of faith?
The Covenant at Sinai
- Would the covenant made at Sinai still have been made if Israel had not promised to obey?
- Did all Israel promise to obey? If some did not would it have applied to them? On what basis did the covenant apply to the following generations?
- Are we falling into the same trap if we vow to be good?
The New Covenant
- Did some Israelites before the time of Jesus have God's law written on their hearts?
- Was Jeremiah"s promise of the new covenant meant to be fulfilled after the cross or in the context of the return from Babylon?
- What is the effect on a person when God's law is written on his or her heart? What difference can we expect?
- Is memorizing the ten commandments part of having the law written on our heart? Can the law be written in our heart if we do not know it?
- Would it be wrong to celebrate communion more than once a quarter? Should one feel guilty for not participating in the communion service?
- Why is Jesus abstaining from drinking of the vine till his second coming?
