The Main Idea: The Lord Protects & Provides for His Covenant People

*The Big Question: How Does the Lord Protect & Provide for His Covenant People?

*The Central Point: Through the MEDIATOR He Blesses by:

1.) Honoring the Mediator’s Work (30:25-34) – (Application: The Lord ENSURES the Mediator gets all that he’s EARNED)

2.) Cursing the Enemy’s Schemes (30:35-36) – (Application: The Lord ALLOWS the seed of the serpent to RESIST the Mediator to curse him)

3.) Bearing His People’s Sins (30:37-43) – (Application: The Lord DEFEATS the enemy by PLACING all his people’s sins on the Mediator)

The Main Idea: Covenant Living Means Only the Lord Can Get the Glory of His Covenant People

*The Big Question: Can the Lord get GLORY out of his people’s mess?

*The Central Point: Yes He Can, Just LOOK at His Work:

1.) PRAISES (29:31-35) – (Application: God’s bringing CLARITY out of our chaos, so we should wholeheartedly trust in him…)

2.) PECULIARITIES (30:1-21) – (Application: God’s WORKING good from our foolishness, so we should find absolute security in him…)

3.) PROSPERITY (30:22-24) – (Application: God’s REMEMBERING us will end in our prosperity, so we should be able to rest in him…)

The Main Idea: Covenant Living Means the Lord Will Discipline His Covenant People

*The Big Question: How do we get the best out of the Lord’s Discipline?

*The Central Point: By taking a good look in the MIRROR:

1.) BEWARE (vv. 1-12) – (Application: Don’t mistake God’s grace as God’s license…)

2.) BE CAREFUL (vv. 13-20) – (Application: Don’t misread God’s providence as God’s approval…)

3.) BE OPEN (vv. 21-30) – (Application: Don’t misunderstand God’s aims as God’s rejection…)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty is unto Covenant Identity, which is unto Covenant Living

*The Big Question: How does God want us to respond to his Covenant Faithfulness?

*The Central Point: God WANTS us to LIVE OUT three W’s:

1.) WALK by Faith (vv. 1-5) – (Application: God’s making the connections, so why worry about our future?)

2.) WATCH for Unbelief (vv. 6-9) – (Application: God’s already received us, so why please men?)

3.) WONDER at Revelation (vv. 10-22) – (Application: God’s spoken “directly” to us, so why doubt him?)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty out of Family Dysfunction

*The Big Question: How does God bring Order out of Family Chaos?

*The Central Point: He Invites us to WEIGH THE RISKS of Relational Outcomes:

1.) A Deeper Deception (vv. 30-35) – (Application: The eternal, covenant God is your hope when you feel hopeless about your family)

2.) An Obvious Impulsivity (vv. 36-41) – (Application: The eternal, covenant God will winnow out unbelief in your family)

3.) A High Stakes Strategy (vv. 42-46) – (Application: The eternal, covenant God is with you and for you when you think your family is hanging by a thread)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty out of Family Untrustworthiness.

*The Big Question: How does God bring Truth out of Lies?

*The Central Point: He Makes us WISE to Deception’s Work:

1.) Profound Deception (vv. 18-20) – (Application: God wants to make you wise by removing naivete about sin’s presence in your family)

2.) Effective Deception (vv. 21-25) – (Application: God wants to make you wise by equipping you for the effectiveness of sin’s influence in your family)

3.) Complete Deception (vv. 26-29) – (Application: God wants to make you wise by growing proving his faithfulness in spite of sin’s effects on your family)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty out of Family Instability.

*The Big Question: How does God bring Clarity out of Confusion?

*The Central Point: He EXPOSES our VULNERABILITIES to give us Wisdom:

1.) Marital Vulnerability (26:34-35; 27:46) – (Application: God wants to give us wisdom about the impact of our attitudes)

2.) Personal Vulnerability (27:1-4) – (Application: God wants to give us awareness of the impact of our weaknesses)

3.) Familial Vulnerability (27:5-17) – (Application: God wants to give us understanding of the impact of our relationships)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty is built by a right response to the Lord’s Covenant Promise.

*The Big Question: How does God build trust in his Covenant Promise?

*The Central Point: He ENABLES proper FEAR of him:

1.) “Fear Not” Command (vv. 23-25) – (Application: God protects his Covenant People by his commands)

2.) Fear-filled Response (vv. 26-29) – (Application: God protects his Covenant People by causing his and their enemies to sense his dreadfulness)

3.) Fearful Feasting (vv. 30-33) – (Application: God protects his Covenant People by his preparing a table before them in the presence of his and their enemies)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty is the result of the Lord’s Covenant Blessing the Covenant Head.

*The Big Question: How does God guarantee his certainty to save us?

*The Central Point: He BLESSES Isaac by:

1.) Prospering Isaac’s Work (vv. 12-14a) – (Application: God confirms Covenant Certainty in our blessing by blessing the Covenant Head)

2.) Protecting Isaac’s Wealth (vv. 14b-16) – (Application: God confirms Covenant Certainty for our comprehensive blessing by blessing the Covenant Head)

3.) Providing Isaac’s Way (vv. 17-22) – (Application: God confirms Covenant Certainty for practical blessing by blessing the Covenant Head)

The Main Idea: Covenant Certainty is the result of the Lord’s Covenant Blessing the Covenant Head.

*The Big Question: How does God drive home his Covenant Faithfulness?

*The Central Point: He Uses Even Isaac’s Sin to Triumph:

1.) Usurping Isaac’s Deception (vv. 6-8) – (Application: Confidence in God’s Covenant faithfulness is built by his sovereignty over our sin)

2.) Undoing Isaac’s Foolishness (vv. 9-11) – (Application: Confidence in God’s Covenant faithfulness is built by his sovereignty over our foolishness)