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The covenants give us a behind-the-scenes look at what God is doing in redemptive history. They explain the why of Christmas.

When God passed through the pieces, he was committing himself to bear the curse of the covenant.

If God’s call depended on worthiness, no one would stand. Grace is unearned, unexpected, and undeserved – and that is precisely what makes it good news.

When God called Abraham in Genesis 12, the promise seemed modest—one man, one family, one land. Yet even then, God declared that “all the families of the earth” would be blessed through him.

The solution to the sin problem wouldn’t come through another new beginning or a new, flawed representative like Noah, but through the promised seed of the woman: the perfect Mediator, Jesus Christ.

The story of Noah's Ark is a story of grace and redemption. When we read the flood narrative, we tend to focus on the judgment of God, but last week's sermon reminded us that it is primarily a story of redemption and grace.