Scottsbluff Church of Christ
Genesis 21:1-6; 17:2-6; Genesis 17:15-19; Exodus 20-23; Joshua 21:43-45
Joshua 21:43-45 NKJV
I Peter 2:9-12 NKJV
Becoming a Nation
In the Promised Land
What Does it Take to Become a Nation?
A Nation Must have People
God Chose Abram to be a "People"
Promise Fulfilled
Not through Ishmael, but through Isaac.
A Nation Must Have a Land
All the Land of Canaan Promised
Renewed to Isaac
Renewed to Jacob
Joseph Saves His Family
A Nation Must Have a Law
Exodus 20, 21, 23
Joshua 21:43-45 NKJV
The Church IS a Nation
A Nation Under God...
3 Criteria:
A People, A Land, and a Law
The Church IS a Nation of People (1 Peter 2)
We are a people who delight in Spiritual Living
The Church IS a Nation of People (1 Peter 2)
We are a people who delight in Spiritual Food
The Church IS a Nation of People (1 Peter 2)
We are a people in the design of a Spiritual House
The Church IS a Nation of People (1 Peter 2)
We are a people in the depend on the Spiritual Rock
The Church IS a Nation of People (1 Peter 2)
We are:
A Chosen Generation
A Royal Priesthood
A Holy Nation
Isaiah 2:1-4 NKJV
Hebrews 12:22-24 NKJV
The Church IS a Nation Under Law and Land (John 14:1-3)
(This is in the Land of Mount Zion)
John 14:1-3 NKJV
The Church IS a Nation Under Law and Land (John 14:15;21)
John 14:15 NKJV
John 14:21 NKJV
The Church IS a Nation Under Law and Land (2 John 5-6)
II John 1:5-6 NKJV
The Nation of Mount Zion
Are Not Under the Penalties of the Law of Moses
BUT...
Many of the Commands in the Law of Moses are found in the Law of Christ for the Nation of Zion.
Romans 7:7 NKJV
Romans 7:13 NKJV
The Law of Moses
Was given in order to...
Refrain for doing it
Be redeemed for committing it
Hebrews 10:1-10
>Sins under the Law of Moses were redeemed.
>We too were redeemed through the offering of Christ.
>The redeemed on both sides of the Cross are now the Church of Christ
>The redeemed are God's Nation, living in His land, and obeying His laws.
Hebrews 10:1-10 NKJV