Theology of the Church, Student Workbook, SW03

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T H E O L O G Y O F T H E C H U R C H

3. This physical lineage of Abraham, elected on the basis of God’s covenant faithfulness to Abraham, Deut. 7.6-8

4. God’s election and covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob extended to their descendants. Messiah was to come through the nation Israel, and through him, salvation to the world.

a. Exod. 19.5-6

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b. Deut. 14.2

c. Deut. 26.18-19

d. John 4.22

5. Israel identified as God’s people: cf. Exod. 15.13, 16; Num. 14.8; Deut. 32.9-10; Isa. 62.4; Jer. 12.7-10; and Hos. 1.9-10

6. The Gentiles foreseen as God’s own people, Rom. 9.24-26

B. The image of Israel as God’s people is now applied to the Church as God’s covenant kingdom community.

1. The Church, as God’s new humanity, both Jew and Gentile, has now become the people of God, 1 Pet. 2.9-10.

a. God’s Church is known not by circumcision but by new creation through faith in Jesus, 2 Cor. 5.17 (cf. Phil. 3.2-3).