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B. God is the God of creation as well as the God of the covenant .

1. God is the God of the gentiles as well as the God of Israel, Rom. 3.29.

2. God’s Word begins with God’s relationship to Adam (as representative of humankind) not Abraham (representative of the covenant people of the Lord) with his rule over creation before his detail of the covenant.

3. The purpose of the Abrahamic covenant: the blessing of all the families of the earth, Gen. 12.1-3

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a. The call of God on Abraham to make him a great nation

b. The corresponding blessing and curse of God on those who blessed or cursed Abraham

c. In him “ all the families of the earth shall be blessed ”: God’s universal call to all peoples through Abraham

4. The parochial problem of God’s people: God’s love and mercy extends to us alone and to no others!

a. Ps. 33.12

b. Acts 17.24