CHAPTER 1 ————————❖———————— COMMITMENTS TO COUNT ON: GOD’S COVENANT PROMISES Genesis 12; Exodus 20; 2 Samuel 7; Jeremiah 31 • COVENANTS DEFINE RELATIONSHIPS • COVENANTS SERVED AS GUARANTEES (HEBREWS 6:13–19) • HOW GOD’S COVENANTS ARE UNIQUE (GENESIS 12:1–3, 7) • COVENANTS DEFINE GOD’S PURPOSES (GENESIS 9; 12; EXODUS 19–20; 2 SAMUEL 7) • WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT COVENANTS? Our understanding of the Bible and of God’s purposes rests on special commitments God has made throughout sacred history. These
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