The Reformed View: Covenant Theology
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- In this video, I go over the basic conventions of Covenant Theology. Covenant theology is older than Dispensationalism, and sees the covenant as the primary way that a Holy God interacts with His people.
Thank you so much. It’s very difficult to find Presbyterian pastors and theologians alive today. Michael Kruger, Ligon Duncan, and Sinclair Ferguson are some of my mentors. I recently found you. Such a blessing!
Thank you so much and glad to have you listening!
What the modern Church needs is a New Covenant Revival (Heb. 9:10) in which members of various denominations are willing to re-examine everything they believe and see if it agrees with the Bible, instead of the traditions of men. We need to be like the Bereans. It will be a battle between our flesh and the Holy Spirit. It will not be easy. If you get mad and upset when someone challenges your man-made Bible doctrines, that is your flesh resisting the truth found in God's Word.
Nobody can completely understand the Bible unless they understand the relationship between the Old Covenant given to Moses at Mount Sinai and the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary.
What brings all local churches together into one Body under the blood of Christ? The answer is found below.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? What did Paul say about Genesis 12:3 in Galatians 3:8? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
The following verses prove the Holy Spirit is the master teacher for those now in the New Covenant.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Act 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Watch the CZcams videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay.
Heretical prayer: O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the gifts which God grants to us miserable sinners; and for this end He has made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, in order that thou mayest help us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee: come to my aid, for I recommend myself to thee.
In thy hands I place my eternal salvation, and to thee I entrust my soul. Count me among thy most devoted servants; take me under thy protection, and it is enough for me. For, if thou protect me, I fear nothing; not from my sins, because thou wilt obtain for me the pardon of them; nor from the devils, because thou art more powerful than all hell together; nor even from Jesus, my judge, because by one prayer from thee He will be appeased.
But one thing I fear: that in the hour of temptation I may through negligence fail to have recourse to thee and thus perish miserably. Obtain for me, therefore, the pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace ever to have recourse to thee, O Mother of Perpetual Help.
This is a legit Roman Catholic prayer, look up "O Mother of Perpetual Help" if you want to know if it’s legit.
This is super heretical. This doctrine of invoking departed saints doesn’t seem just like "hey it’s like praying to a friend.".
.
:)
And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
-Acts 3:19
:)
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I attend a Presbyterian church, I find your refreshing teaching a source of revision and clarification. I am from India.
Appreciate this video growing Dispie and seeing some gaps with it, but not totally Reformed/Covenant at this point. As a new mama, I care very much about how I teach my son the Word, and appreciate the help!
We need more reformed pastors reaching out on as many platforms as possible
Thankyou for this clear explanation. I shall always remember the domino and the lego illustration to clarify the difference!
I randomly came across your channel a couple of weeks ago and have found your videos to be a blessing. Thank you for your instruction and perspectives!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. As a Particular Baptist, I can think of a place or two I might have some disagreement 😉 But from one Pastor Matt to another, very well done.
Thank you sir! Appreciate the kind words.
This was really helpful.
Thank you for posting this. I am a Dispensationalist. I have never been exposed to Reformed until I moved to Pittsburgh. I couldn't understand why I had such a hard time communicating with fellow believers - it was like we were talking apples and oranges. I still don't get the full grasp of Covenant Theology but now have somewhat of a better understanding. A young friend of mine is wanting to check out Eastern Orthodoxy, and I've agreed to accompany him on this journey. Funny thing, the more we learn, the more he is convinced of Reformed Theology, and the more I am convinced of Dispensational. Most of my fellow believers are prior military, like myself, and despite our differences, we serve one another, and our military bond is made even stronger by our faith in Him. Again, thank you for posting this.
Hi, I’m straddling between reformed and dispensational theology. I believe the doctrines of grace are correct and hold to Calvin’s view on election, all five points of TULIP too. But I have pre trib rapture, millennial reign of Christ eschatology.
It seems from this video that dispensationalism and covenant theology are the same things with different names, only slight differences.
We all need Christ for our redemption, he descended and lead captives in His train. He took those who trusted God prior to the cross.
What do you hold to?
@@danielwarton5343would it help to read Acts 2 where Peter says that the resurrection was the fulfillment of David's promise that Christ was seated on the messianic throne at that time?
Wondering if we can get clarity on the Passover being the sign/symbol of the Mosaic covenant. Where is that found? I’m reading in Ex 31:12-17 & Ez 20:8-26 that the Sabbath is the sign/symbol. I know this vid is 2 years old but throwing it out there. Many blessings and thank you.
Heretical prayer: O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the gifts which God grants to us miserable sinners; and for this end He has made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, in order that thou mayest help us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee: come to my aid, for I recommend myself to thee.
In thy hands I place my eternal salvation, and to thee I entrust my soul. Count me among thy most devoted servants; take me under thy protection, and it is enough for me. For, if thou protect me, I fear nothing; not from my sins, because thou wilt obtain for me the pardon of them; nor from the devils, because thou art more powerful than all hell together; nor even from Jesus, my judge, because by one prayer from thee He will be appeased.
But one thing I fear: that in the hour of temptation I may through negligence fail to have recourse to thee and thus perish miserably. Obtain for me, therefore, the pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace ever to have recourse to thee, O Mother of Perpetual Help.
This is a legit Roman Catholic prayer, look up "O Mother of Perpetual Help" if you want to know if it’s legit.
This is super heretical. This doctrine of invoking departed saints doesn’t seem just like "hey it’s like praying to a friend.".
.
:)
And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
-Acts 3:19
:)
Your implications of the covenant theology are spot on, so great to hear you emphasising that!
Wow, Pastor Matt, you have explained this the best way I have ever heard. I’m a leaky Dispensationalist and trying to understand Covenant Theology to at least enough to represent it correctly and study it more.
Pastor Matt, thanks for your work. I always find it extremely helpful. For a view of the Particular Baptist understanding of the covenants, I found Samuel Renihan's, The Mystery of Christ, His Covenant and His Kingdom beneficial. Thanks again!
Excellent summary of this!
I'm enjoying your theology series, Matt. Keep it up!!!
Very clear. Thanks for the HONEST explanations, stating your personal view but being respectful and honest with the other views
Great video!
I'm part of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and I always had doubts about presbyterian thinking in other countries and your videos have been enlightening for me. God be praised for your life, pastor Matthew.
thank you for the kind words!
Heretical prayer: O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the gifts which God grants to us miserable sinners; and for this end He has made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, in order that thou mayest help us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee: come to my aid, for I recommend myself to thee.
In thy hands I place my eternal salvation, and to thee I entrust my soul. Count me among thy most devoted servants; take me under thy protection, and it is enough for me. For, if thou protect me, I fear nothing; not from my sins, because thou wilt obtain for me the pardon of them; nor from the devils, because thou art more powerful than all hell together; nor even from Jesus, my judge, because by one prayer from thee He will be appeased.
But one thing I fear: that in the hour of temptation I may through negligence fail to have recourse to thee and thus perish miserably. Obtain for me, therefore, the pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace ever to have recourse to thee, O Mother of Perpetual Help.
This is a legit Roman Catholic prayer, look up "O Mother of Perpetual Help" if you want to know if it’s legit.
This is super heretical. This doctrine of invoking departed saints doesn’t seem just like "hey it’s like praying to a friend.".
.
:)
And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
-Acts 3:19
:)
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@@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_coolrepeatedly
I want to thank you for this clear teaching on covenant theology. I have a degree in biblical studies and theology and teach in a classical Christian school, but I have found it challenging at times to get my hands around what covenant and dispensationalist theologians really believe. In some ways they are so similar and yet distinct. Everyone around me seems to be a premil. dispensationalist and yet the more I study the more I find covenant postmil. to fit with what I read in scripture. Your analogy of the dominoes and legos made it click in my head. Thank you.
Spot on explanation. Thanks, Pastor Matthew! I'm a new subscriber. Looking forward for more!
I realize you did this lesson a few years ago…I came to Christ unconventionally as a very young girl and have been self taught so to speak in walking that narrow path that leads me home.
Although I have tried various churches of various religious flavours…I just couldn’t feel at home…I’ve never enjoyed going to church….until at this late stage of my life…I stumbled upon your channel and have finally felt at home
I thank God that He has blessed you with the gift of teaching, I am dining richly from your table!
I’ve started following your church on You tube and I’ve subscribed to your channel
May God bless you and give you endurance and strength to continue in all your endeavours!😊🙏❤️
I pray that you have now found a church home!?
Very helpful explanation. I finally grasped covenant theology around twenty years ago and it has been a wonderful help to understanding scriptures as a whole and unified, special, and historical revelation of God’s redemption of sinners. It made it literally exciting to trace it from Genesis to Revelation. More, it helped me see love in its true sense. The Hebrew word, ‘hesed,’ became a comfort beyond my expectation, and it filled out my understanding of election. No, it doesn’t solve the mysteries God has not chosen to address in his word, but it solves many things that had seemed mysterious to me.
You are a great teacher, Matt. Your videos have even managed to improve with time. I have learned a lot from you, and I appreciate you educating the world on reformed theology. What is the best way to support your CZcams ministry?
Thank you for the content, Mr. Everhard.
Just found your channel. What a great find, a rare gem. I subbed.
Blessings.
I stumbled upon this subject. At first, I find it difficult to understand. I kept on searching and found this video. It's very well explained!
My first encounter with CT. Very well presented, I must say.
I am still Dispensationalist though.
I appreciate your teaching and help, I am a Reformed and Calvanist attending a local church that is GREAt at teaching the word and the Bible. EXCEPT they are stuck in this rapture thingy..lol been studying the bs that scofield spread and prayerfully considering approaching my pastor, but need to study to be sure first, I do not see the issue as a salvation problem, but I rthink it leaves the church unarmed for what we will face. Pray for me.
Prayers sent.
How did it go. While not always a salvation thing the dispensationalists do attribute things in say Daniel to to Antichrist that are really about the Lord Jesus
I haven’t watched yet but as a reformed Baptist I’m excited to learn the Presby understanding of covenant theology.
I really enjoy your teaching.
This is a great resource!!
Good stuff Matt, thanks for doing it. This phrase 'Treaty of the Great King' was actually coined by Meredith Kline.
Thank you for this summary!
Great video! this was very helpful to me for understanding Covenant Theology better. Would you ever do a video on Covenant Theology books for people who would like to learn more about it?
Great overview brother.
Excellent job thank you so much!
I definitely hold to covenant theology, it makes the most sense of scripture… good vid, thanks!
The more Jesus based a theology is the more accurate it is. The more Israel based it is the less accurate it is. It’s most fitting indeed.
Very good. Will listen again...repetition helps memory.
So helpful, thanks.
It really helps for commenters to do their own research, and put their answers in writing. Here, I desire to share what I have grasped about Covenant Theology. Take a look:
COVENANT THEOLOGY
Covenant Theology is typical of reformed theologians. This includes the Reformed and Christian Reformed, the Presbyterian, the Anglican (or Episcopal), and to some extent, the Lutheran. The Catholics also recognize the same approximate divisions of Scriptural history, while differing on the question of man's responsibility in the covenant of grace. Many Messianic Jews, the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Reformed, Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans, all subscribe to the "No Millennialism (Amillennialism)" hermeneutics of Christian Eschatology. The Christian church denominations just named, fall either into the "Confessional" or "Rivival" mainstream varieties of Evangelicalism. Confessionalism is the emphasis on historic Protestant orthodoxy represented by conservative Presbyterian churches, certain Baptist churches, and some confessional Lutheran churches. Revivalism
(Emphasis on religious experience) is represented by some quarters of Methodism, Wesleyan Holiness, Pentecostal/Charismatic, Anabaptist, Baptist, and Presbyterian. When modern Dispensational Theology, subscribed too by the Plymouth Brethren (JN Darby), in coherence with Dispensational Premillennialism, became popular within Fundamentalism - a strain of Evangelicalism that was adopted within Baptist, Pentecostal, and Charismatic circles, Amillennial Eschatology declined in many Protestant circles. Fundamentalism (Early 20th century), though it is a variety of Evangelicalism, is not with the two mainstream varieties of Evangelicalism. The difference between the two before named theologies, in relation to the two named eschatologies, can be understood and now explained.
Covenant Theology is eschatology as it was understood by John Calvin, which was a component to John Calvin's acceptance of Historic Premillennialism. Covenant Theology was not only a component of Historic Premillennialism, but it also has been a component of Amillennial eschatology, and Postmillennialism. Covenant Theology, then, is a Calvinistic conceptual overview for understanding the overall flow of the Bible through the covenants, beginning with the Adamic Covenant of works (Life/obedience), which represents all of mankind as the federal head (Romans 12: 21); this includes Adam's failure (Genesis 3: 15), God's grace of faith in Jesus Christ (Genesis 3: 15/Romans 16: 20), and eternal life
(Psalm 2 and 110/Isaiah 53/Philippians 2: 5-11/Revelation 5: 9-11). The Noahic Covenant (Genesis 8: 20-9: 17) has redemption motifs
(Saved from the flood), and creation motifs (De-creation to creation). The Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12, 15, 17) is for Abraham and his descendants
(Genesi 17: 17); it is everlasting in that it cannot be replaced by any other covenant. The Abrahamic Covenant is accepted by faith, not by works
(Genesis 15: 16), and it involves the external sign of circumcision
(Genesis 17: 10) matched with circumcision of the heart (Jeremiah 4: 4). The followers of Christ are children of Abraham (Galatians 3: 7), with Baptism as the external sign inherited also by Gentiles (Galatians 3: 6). The Mosaic Covenant (Exodus Chapters 19-24) found in Deuteronomy is God's dwelling in the people's midst (Exodus 6: 7/Leviticus 26: 12), which is a gracious covenant (Redemptive-Exodus 20: 1-2) and mostly viewed as referring too the Old Covenant; it is a re-enactment of the works covenant (Condemnation and death), National (Blessings for obedience-purely legal), which is a sacrificial system that points to the Gospel of salvation through a mediator. The New Covenant is alluded too by Jesus at the Last Supper, as well as Jeremiah 31: 31-33, and Isaiah 49: 8. The New Covenant is spoken of again in Hebrews chapters 7-10. Covenant signs and seals occurr in Matthew 5: 17-18, 12: 41-42/
Luke 1: 32/Hebrews 3: 5-6, 9: 12, and Protestants hold that the Covenant signs and seals are the Lord's Supper and Baptism. John Calvin adopted the position called Historic Premillennialism followed by Justin Martyr. Justin Martyr's eschatological view did have leanings on chiliasm (Literal 1,000). Covenant Theology, along with Historical Premillennialism, is the view which Calvin held, as he rejected the basic tenets of Dispensational Premillennialism, such as pretribulation rapture.
Progressive Revelation, otherwise called Dispensational Premillennial Theology, teaches that Biblical eschatology follows the Biblical dispensational periods: Innocence (Genesis 1: 1 to 3: 7), conscience (Genesis 3: 8 to 8: 22), government (Genesis 9: 1 to 11: 32), patriarchal
(Genesis 21: 1 to Exodus 19: 25), Mosaic (Exodus 20: 1 to Acts 2: 4), grace (Acts 2: 4 to Revelation 20: 3), and the thousand years yet to come (Revelation 20: 4 to 20: 6). Progressive Revelation is a component of Futurism (Premillennialism). Progressive Revelation holds that Revelation 4-5 are future events, which overlapp with this Messianic Age, Revelation having seven sections: 1: 1-3 to 3: 22/4: 1 to 7: 17/8: 1 to 11: 19/
12: 1 to 14: 20/15: 1 to 16: 21/17: 1 to 19: 2/20: 1 to 22: 21.
Covenant Theology stands in contrast to Dispensationalism, in regard to the relationship between the Old Covenant with National Israel, and the New Covenant with the house of Israel (Jeremiah 31: 31). Covenant Theology is often referred too, by it's detractors, as Supersessionism or Replacement Theology, because, of a mistaken perception, that it teaches the abandonment of God's promises made to the Jews, by replacing Jews with Christians. To the contrary, in fact Covenant Theology holds that God has not abandoned His promises to Israel in the personal work of the Messiah (Jesus of Nazareth) who established the church in organic continuity with Israel. Again, the augsburg Confession (Article XVII) rejects chiliasm.
Division should never be an option, within the framework of Historism, which views prophecy as being fulfilled in the past, present, and future, and was the belief held by Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Cranmer, John Knox, John Thomas, and Idealism found in Postmilleniallism, which holds that eschatological materials are symbolic (Spiritual), especially if division is ignited by educated degree possessing pastors. These minor views are not grounds for any Christian Church to practice Closed Communion. All of the Biblical eschatological views - Amillennialism, Historic Premillennialism, Dispensational Premillennialism, covered in this thesis, are problematic in some way, and they cannot be fully conclusive.
Very helpful
Thank you
Great teaching Pastor Matt! I would love if you could also provide us the transcript of each video of the 'The Reformed view' series.
Hello Pastor Matt, I am currently looking the two theological system's difference, can you point me to a verse that justifies child baptism? Thanks!
@@iamh95 you may want to check these videos by pastor Matt czcams.com/video/gvkw98W6E9M/video.html
czcams.com/play/PLWctVi0LWLsD28ESspNTw3CbKuPpiv5Uj.html
@@iamh95Acts 2:38
OIKOS covenant is all through scripture
More teachings please .
Excellent presentation. The idea of dispensations being linear vs covenants being stacked was most helpful.
Appreciate your Edwardsian emphasis on three persons of the Trinity participating in the Covenant of Redemption, not just the Father and the Son
Hi Pastor Matt, can you make a teaching on how to enjoy God just like what Westminster Catechism said?
I’m a PCA pastor in north Alabama and really appreciate your videos. I have been pointing my folks to them as they have been wrestling/learning. Would love to talk with you sometime!
Are you anywhere near Decatur? I live in Trinity in Lawrence County!
@@SavedByTheBloodOfChrist551 I'm at Grace PCA in Fort Payne
@@davelatham2003 Oh, thank you. A little too far for me to drive.
Excellent thank you!
While I disagree with you in infants and baptism/immersion, this video helped me understand your stance. Thank you.
Speaking bold truth ! Agape Chuck
Chronicles of Narnia was a good way to partly illustrate Covenant Theology. I remembered how the great king (Aslan) made the Pevensie siblings (lesser kings).
Thank you
Thanks for this video. Very illuminating to a Reformed Baptist. One question though: If you view children of believers as members of the covenant community (and thus apply to them the sign of the covenant (baptism)), why then do you not give to them the feeding of the covenant community (communion)? If the sign of the covenant membership doesn't mean that a person is (or will be) saved, that doesn't seem to me to be a "perfected" version of circumcision. I ask these questions since Federal Vision theology (via Doug Wilson's CREC) is taking a foothold among members of my church, and I know Orthodox Presbyterians (such as yourself) have as much issue with his paedo-communion teachings as I do.
Great overview on covenant theology. When you’re trying to find those correlating signs and seals in regard to the new covenant though, have you considered that the replacement for Old testament circumcision could be the new covenant circumcision of the heart by the Holy Spirit , and that perhaps the passing through the Red Sea from slavery to salvation could better correlate with New Testament baptism
Good stuff 👍🏽
Thank you for that. It seems to me that the differences fall between dispensationalists and covenant theologians in the out workings of our faith. Practices differ in baptism and eschatology but we still hold to Christ as the only redeemer. Would that be a correct way to understand what you’ve taught?
I’ve gone to Calvery Chapel Bible my life. After getting more into theology on CZcams I’ve been feeling more and more off on Sunday mornings with my Pastor goes half a verse in Greek and then goes on an hour tangent about Israel. Covenant theology feels more spiritually nourishing than dispensationalit’s? Thanks for the video
Hey Matthew! Would you still recommend RTS? I heard they have fallen into the social "woke" gospel. Trying to find a good seminary that teaches covenant theology or reformed theology.
What's your take on the sign in the Covenant of Works, Matt?
Can you recommend a good book on covenant theology that's not a hard read thanks 😅
This one by Michael Horton is pretty good: amzn.to/38lIdhn
Subscribed! Great video.
Interesting to know 'covenant'in Hebrew is 'Berith' is it the root word of the Hebrew 'berishit or b'reshit which is Genesis in the English Bible?
I am not a dispensationalist, however I still think however that Israel has a place within the Abrahamic convenient. I can't really find where I am theology wise. Any insight to where I could be wrong would be helpful.
Sign of the Mosaic Covenant is Sabbath, which also reminds people of great promise of God and it also points forward. Apologies for being so vocal this time :)
Love your videos and teachings! As a Reformed Baptist I disagree with what you said at the end but other than that 👍🏻
Would you be willing to do this similarly with New Covenant Theology?
That would be a good one. NCT seems to be adopted by Baptists who see the errors of Dispensationalism, but can't get fully onboard with Covenant theology due to their Baptist presuppositions.
Great teaching.
As I've started coming out of Dispensationalism I hung my head low to the fact that I could believe such foolishness. lol
I'm grateful to God for raising up faithful pastors like yourself to help direct people to Biblical truth.
It really is the biggest and most mainstream evangelical heresy today
Thanks for the info. May I kindly request a video for dispensationalism.
This kind of is one. Dispy's would disagree with most of this.
@@erc9468 what do u mean by this one, do you mean the dispy’s would disagree with my comment?
Apologies, english is not my first language.
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Sorry, that wasn't clear.
What I mean is that this video on covenant theology is essentially a lesson in opposition to dispensationalim.
Dispensationalists would not agree with most of it.
@@erc9468 ah, I see thanks for clarifying
Check out Sam Renihan's "The Mystery of Christ - His Covenant & His Kingdom" for a Reformed/Particular Baptist's formulation of Covenant Theology. There are also some CZcams shorts floating around that hits some of the main points.
I am curious to know how it was determined what parts of previous covenants are carried over vs. fulfilled. For example, something I have been wrestling through is the sign of circumcision. You mention that circumcision is no longer the sign of God’s people and that the sign is now baptism. While I agree with baptism, I can’t seem to understand why God would tell Abraham circumcision was an everlasting covenant (Genesis 17:7, 13) if it was only a temporary covenant. Can you shed some light on this topic?
And after all is said and done in the end, Matthew Everhard will be arguing with Jews telling them that he's Israel now, so what are Jews doing in Jerusalem? Then they will be negotiating a TWO STATE SOLUTION! LOL.
Can you please clarify what you said about Adam and Eve disobeying and become mortal...
Thank you so much. Which denominations could I attend to experience covenant theology as church?
Mostly Presbyterians.
Orthodox Presbyterian; Presbyterian of America
Mainly Presbyterian and Reformed Church's of America, and Reformed Baptists
Also the United Reformed Church of North America (the URC) which is in pulpit fellowship with OPC and PCA
Not pcusa.
Thanks for the video - always great to encourage discussion on the covenants! As a particular baptist, I have a few nitpicks :)
For one, I wouldn't refer to the views you presented as "The Reformed View", but as one understanding of covenant theology among several reformed views that all have degrees of continuity & discontinuity. A recent groundbreaking academic book that masterfully traces this diversity and uniformity is Samuel Renihan's "From Shadow to Substance". Also recommend Matthew Bingham's work "Orthodox Radicals" on the identity of Baptistic Congregationalists (aka particular baptists) as heirs of the Reformed tradition.
Also, terms specific to covenants are absolutely used of the Covenant of Redemption in the Bible! What about Isaiah 55:3-4 and Luke 22:29 (διατίθεμαι)?
As for the Covenant of Grace, since you quoted John Frame, I suppose I'll let him explain 1689 federalism for me - "Everyone who has ever been saved has been saved through the new covenant in Christ. Everyone who is saved receives a new heart, a heart of obedience, through the new covenant work of Christ. So though it is a new covenant, it is also the oldest, the temporal expression of the pactum salutis... the efficacy of the New Covenant, unlike that of previous covenants, extends to God’s elect prior to Jesus’ atonement. When believers in the Old Testament experienced 'circumcision of the heart,' or when they were Jews 'inwardly,' they were partaking of the power of the New Covenant." (Systematic Theology pg. 79-81) Amen! ;)
You can't be "heirs" to a tradition that never existed...
Covenant of works is not in Genesis is it? Those words are not what Moses used right? Maybe I a just too simplistic. And I dont see a covenant of grace in Genesis either. Why are we using terms to build a bible system on when the words are not in the Bible?
So what you are saying is God dispenses his grace differently at different times through covenants. 👍
No...
I prefer “Grafted In vs Cut off and thrown into the fire” theology 😊
Do you do Bible studies on CZcams?
So would you say that dispensationalists see the different ages, but covenant theology would say since Adam there has only been one age of grace??
So, as a union member, I understand that covenant theology is like when it's time to renew a contract. The union asks for weige increases and additional benefits, changes to retirement benefits etc. The same 2 parties are involved, but the contract changes each time its renewed, so although the contract started out one way, over time, it changes and has become a different contract each time the bargaining finalizes, but it is a continuation of the one before it. Almost like the handing off of a bâton during a relay race. The same baton but different runners. The runners could be seen as a type of Covenant in my analogy. The Baton is God's purpose in fulfilment. It looks like all the covenants dovetail into the Fulfillment of Christ work on the cross and find their fulfilment in him. That's how I'm trying to wrap my pea brain around this. How did I do?
Question where do you stand on Replacement Theology?
"Replacement Theology" is really just a slur that Dispensationalists use to mischaracterize covenant theology.
@@woodynorris8224 Some teach the replacement of Israel with the Church so I want to know what you believe is all.
@@woodynorris8224 Good I Know it is not Biblical but wanted to know what you believed, thanks now I know.
Hi Pastor Matt, saying hi from the UK! I have appreciated your videos and have enjoyed your teaching through this series. In a future video do you think you could expand on the 'pactum salutis'? I read 'The Holy Trinity' by Robert Letham and he is skeptical, evaluating that the opinion doesn't have confessional support and may undermine the unity within the persons of the Trinity. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Many thanks for the videos and keep up the good work!
Why can't I do the Lord's super by myself?
I don’t understand the covenant of works. Romans 4 seems to say we were always saved by faith. I am probably misunderstanding things though!
dispensation is "oikonomos" literally house law. it could be translated as economy or stewardship. if you look up dispensation in the dictionary it has several helpful definitions. the king james translaters invented the word dispensation because there was no english word to describe or fit the greek word. OIKONOMOS
25:25 can you point to a dispensationalist who doesn’t say God always saved by grace through faith? You say this is a big difference between disp and covenant but I have never heard one say this and being a dispy myself, I don’t disagree with you on this point.
What the faith was put into was always different.
Please speak on the trinity
The only thing that was confusing to me is what children have to do with these theological frameworks-?
I think you would benefit from reading what John Gill has to say about "washings" which you dealt with out of Mark 7... Baptist actually view the text differently than you represent us to believe...The actual context concerning Pharisees would follow the same understanding as the degree they would go to in tithing on that which would be overlooked by most...the washing would be to not sprinkle or pour over but to to sink the items Covered in the text under water...! I do not think that you would ever misrepresent on purpose what someone else believes to better your argument, nor would I... I love your spirit and the way you go about presenting your teaching. Thanks
They submerged entire tables ??
dispensationalism minimizes grace through faith? i disagree and i think John MacArthur would too. thank you for your ministry. R.C. Sproul was my favorite theologians, but even with him there were a few things i didn't agree with. much love, to everyone.
Hi, the "real" dispensationalism really minimises grace. If you disagree, it's because your dispensationalism is not the real dispensationalism that was first proposed. Even John MacArthur calls himself a leaky dispensationalist, because he doesn't believe most of dispensationalism. For example, the true dispensationalism teaches that people in the Old Testament were saved by the Law. I don't think you believe that. I think you're only dispensational in your eschatology, like John MacArthur.
@@perfectsnaitang Amen
the new covenant was to "Judah and the house of israel" Gentiles were given a "mystery of the dispensation of Grace" revealed to Paul "the apostle of the Gentiles" "theirs are the covenants" speaking of ISRAEL. "we were without hope and without God in the world" this is why the dispensation of grace matters.
One of the distinctions that a reformed 1689 guy would have and where our covenant theology differs is in the definition of the covenant of grace .
We see the new covenant as one and the same as the covenant of grace.
The covenant of grace is in the Old Testament in promise form only it is revealed step by step progressively until its actual fulfillment in the new covenant or its formal conclusion.
Is there anyone on YT that you could recommend I listen to on Baptist Covenant Theology? I'm interested in comparing it to Presbyterian CT. Thanks!
@@SavedByTheBloodOfChrist551
Sam Renihan , Brandon Adams , Richard Barcellos,
The particular Baptist
The Baptist podcast
IRBS seminary
@@michealferrell1677 Hey, thanks very much! I'll check them out.
But doesn’t Covenant theology reject Israel being responsible for Crucifying Christ and losing their position with God and because of that they are now replaced by the modern day church? As well as not considering the Scripture literally but spiritually interpreted?
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I’ve studied Covenant theology at length and have come to the conclusion that, like Disoensationalism, it is built on presuppositions that are inferred, but never explicit in Scripture. For this reason these both are a house of cards if one inspects the presuppositions. It is very clear that Zwingli, Calvin and Luther all went back to Augustine rather than the Scriptures. Far too many presumptions.
To hint at a better way, consider that the unifying of Gods purpose is Jesus. In promise in the Old, in reality in the New. Simple as that.
God didn't make covenant in scripture ??
@@bigtobacco1098of course he did. He made a covenant with Noah, with Abraham and with Moses/ Israel. He also made covenant with Kind David. Ultimately He made the New Covenant which is explicitly stated that it is NOT LIKE the Old.
But nowhere does the Scripture teach an overarching “covenant of grace” nor dies it even imply a covenant of works with Adam before the fall. These are constructs of covenant theology.
@@All-Things-New so it IS found in scripture... thanks
ill give you what Todd gave me 20 years ago and that is : looking at it from God point of view is Calvinism(reformed theology) and looking at it from mans point of view is Arminiusism . plain and simple.
But you would believe that the church REPLACES Israel 🇮🇱 ? So the illustration of building upon each other does not work in that particular area.
That is false understanding. Israel was always a type of the church. In the Greek Old Testament the LXX which would have been the version the apostles were familiar with, anywhere where the people
Gathered in a great assembly or congregation the Greek renders ecclesia the same word the apostles used to describe the church. The old often was a type or shadow of the reality, we are all children of Abraham by faith if you believe Romans. There is 1 people of God Israel=Church and Church=Israel, the promised land is not the land of Israel at all but the eschatological kingdom!
I am keenly interested in learning more on Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism. However, your CZcams would have been more effective if you supported your talk with some charts to help reinforce your keys points - I am sorry you lost me 10 minutes into your talk. That said I do appreciate your effort.
I'm still not convinced of the baptism of babies as a form of covenant theology. it seems coopted. Scripture in its plain language describes baptism as a completely and voluntary sign of the covenant. If the Lord's supper is also a sign of the covenant why aren't babies given that?
In some churches paedocommunion does happen...
OIKOS covenant
Some right some not. The covenant with Moses was om works and ended at the cross. It’s like every thing from the fall and so forth is like the church . This is not so. Israel as a nation was not connected to the church
I think the CT has too many issues that come with it along with the active obedience of Christ... There is one Reformed denomination that does not accept the traditional CT. It is the Protestant Reformed Church of America that came out of the CRCA in1920s. There is a PRC church in Pittsburgh if you are interested.
It would be interesting if you could have a discussion with one of their ministers. The PRCA still accepts the AOC which is very strange because the AOC takes us back to work-based salvation.
I think there were and are good Presbyterian pastors and theologians. I think John Murray was good. And I was taught under Presbyterian pastors in the past. But I feel that we are stuck at the CT. The CT sees that there are two covenant heads: Adam and Christ.. But it eventually leads us to mono-covenantalism with Adam as a conditional covenant head and we are merely returning to the garden of Eden at the end. I read some parts of the book called Creation by Paul McGlasson. He suggested we should rewrite the CT.
Lords day is the Sabbath of the seventh day. (Mark 2:23-28)
"Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." (Colossians 2:16-17)
Its always been by faith, why wouldnt we (dispensationalist) say that!?
It has, but their faith was displayed by the keeping of the law, our faith is in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
So if I'm understanding this correctly, what gets messed up and distorted is the fact that yes God has created a covenant with humans through Jesus Christ. God has created a covenant with all those who will believe on HIS SON, Jesus Christ. God determined through Jesus that he will go into covenant With those who will freely, sincerely and repentantly and humbly believe on Jesus Christ, His Son. The covenant that was established is Jesus. Jesus is the covenant. Jesus is the life. Jesus is the way. Jesus is the truth. Jesus is everything. Through Jesus everything was created because Jesus is the voice THE WORD of God. Jesus is the love of God. It's all about Jesus.
God has given to Jesus and covenanted with every human who comes into a covenant WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS, to give them to Jesus when they believe on Jesus. You must believe on Jesus. Anyone who denies Jesus is denied by God.
Hi. Interesting perspectives, however, the scriptures you refer to are all about Israel (Jeremiah, etc). God is quite clear on that, including his views on, and the role of other nations in the kingdom. Has He then done an about turn in the NT by suggesting his chosen people are done away with and it’s now for everybody?? Seems a bit bipolar, which I’m certain God is not! He does not change..review the scriptures with that in mind. Re-read revelations because again, it talks about Israel as does the NT. This theology covenant you refer to seems to be a doctrine developed by men and not God’s word in its true essence, ‘Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth’ (2 Timothy 3.7).
I can’t understand how theologians have created a whole new religion/doctrine based on misunderstanding of the NT when all we have to do is listen to Paul in Acts 24.14 and 25.7-8 (knowing the context of why he makes these statements). Yes, we don’t need to sacrifice animals anymore as our sins are redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ but that doesn’t mean we can create new doctrines of what grace and salvation, etc means? Christ himself shows that..he followed God’s word and commands to it’s proper fulfilment, not to change it but to show how it should be done. Paul behaved and followed the example of Christ who again, I don’t believe said that following his resurrection, you all can create new doctrines to suit yourselves or to try and enter in an all encompassing broad gate!
And in relation to the Abrahamic covenant you mentioned, again this is related to Israel’s seed not every nation.. God gave blessings to one of Abraham’s other seed (see Ishmael’s blessing) but his covenants, law, promises and curses are all related to Israel. See Genesis 26.3-4...basically, through Israel will the other nations be blessed but that does not appear to be happening..perhaps due to what revelation 2.9 states! I’m sure you’ll disagree with my comment but if you truly are sincere and want to follow Christ and have salvation, re-read without all this added doctrine and theology.
Hey brother - I appreciate the gentle spirit and lack of vitriol in your disagreement. However, I think some of your comments betray a lack of self-awareness on your part. You accuse covenant theologians of adhering to "doctrines developed by men" and "creating new doctrines to suit yourselves" and "adding all this doctrine and theology", etc. But, the plain fact of the matter is that everyone does theology and holds to particular doctrines - it's unavoidable (and in fact, it's biblical). If you hold to the Trinity, then you yourself are "doing doctrine and theology", which is a good thing, because it means you take the word of God seriously and are seeking to understand the whole counsel of God on various issues. Even you in your post espoused certain doctrines and theology that you think are taught in the Scriptures, and it's simply disingenuous (indeed a violation of the 9th commandment) to accuse covenant theology of approving the creation of new doctrines simply to suit ourselves. We believe covenant theology is taught in the Scriptures, otherwise we wouldn't believe it. So I urge you to consider dropping the biblicism and empty rhetoric, so that there can simply be a conversation about the biblical merits and demerits of each position. God bless.
Also, for what it's worth, I don't think that the Church has replaced Israel. Rather, there is a type-antitype relationship between ancient Israel and the Church - the Church IS the eschatological Israel of Old Testament prophecy. For example, consider the following:
Israel: Consecrated by the blood of calves and goats (Heb 9; Lev 11.44-45)
Church: Consecrated by the blood of Christ (Heb 9; Titus 2.14)
Israel: Chosen in Abraham (Deut 7.8; 6.10; 4.37; Ex 33.1)
Church: Chosen in Christ (Eph 1.4; John 17.6)
Israel: Conditional love (Ex 19.5; Deut 28.9; Amos 3.2; Lev 26.41-42; Heb 8.9)
Church: Unconditional love (1 John 3.16; 4.9-10; Romans 5.8; 8.35; Eph 2.8; Titus 3.4-5)
Israel: Called to bring forth Jesus Christ (Gen 12.3; Rom 9.5)
Church: Called to belong to Jesus Christ (Rom 1.6,7; 8.30; 1 Cor 1.2)
Israel: Assembly of Israel (Ex 12.6; Num 14.5; Lev 16.33)
Church: Assembly of Christ (Heb 12.23; Acts 20.28; Eph 5.23,25)
Israel: Flock of Israel (Ezek. 34.17-20; Ps 77.20 cf Ps 78.52-53, 56-59; Ps 95.10-11; Ex 20.38; Heb 8.9)
Church: Flock of Christ (John 10.1-18; 21.15-17; Acts 20.28; Matt 25.32-34)
Israel: Carnal nation outwardly set apart by carnal birth & ceremonies (Ex. 19.5; Lev 20.22-26; Deut 26.19; 14.21; Gen 17.7-14)
Church: Spiritual nation inwardly set apart by spiritual birth & faith (1 Pet 2.9; John 1.12-13; 3.3; 18.36; Luke 17.21; Matt 5.3; Col 1.13; Rev 1.5)
Israel: Kingdom of Priests offering carnal sacrifices (Ex 19.5; Heb 9.9-10; Leviticus)
Church: Kingdom of Priests offering spiritual sacrifices (1 Pet 2.5, 9; Rom 12.1, 15.16; Heb 13.15; Rev 1.5)
Israel: Peculiar Treasure for a time (Ex 19.5,6; Deut 7.6; 28)
Church: Peculiar Treasure forever (1 Pet 2.9; Titus 2.14)
Israel: God’s people outwardly (Gen 17.8; Lev 26.12) who became not His people (Hos 1.9 cf Heb 8.6-13)
Church: God’s people inwardly (Hos 1.9-11 cf Rom 9.24-26 & Heb 8.6-13; 1 Pet 2.10)
Israel: Holy People (Deut 7.6; see #1, 7, etc)
Church: Holy People (1Pet1.15; see #1,7,etc)
Israel: People of inheritance through Abraham (Deut 4.1, 20, 37; Acts 13.19)
Church: People of inheritance through Christ (Eph 1.11-14,18; Matt 25.34; Gal 4.30; Heb 9.15; 1 Pet 1.4)
Israel: God’s external/earthly tabernacle (Lev 26.11; Ex 29.45, 25.8; 26.1; Heb 9.1-2, 23)
Church: God’s internal/spiritual tabernacle (John 1.14; 1 Cor 6.16-20)
1Israel: God walks among them (Lev 26.12)
Church: God walks among them (2 Cor 6.16)
Israel: Twelve Patriarchs
Church: Twelve Apostles (note: not Patriarchs)
Israel: Married to God (Ex 24; Jer 31.32), who divorced them for unfaithfulness (Heb 8.7,9,13; Hos 1.9)
Church: Married to Christ (Eph 5.22ff; 2 Cor 11.2; Heb 8.9-10), who is their faithful one (1 Cor 1.30; 2 Cor 5.21; Phil 3.8-9)
Israel: Type (Gen 17.7-14 Rom 9.5; Gal 4.21-31)
Church: Anti-type (Gal 6.16; Rom 2.29; 9.6, 22-26, 11.26; Gal 3.16, 29; 4.21-31)