What is the Gospel? How Can I Be Saved?
vv9-10…Believers in Christ are:
✔Chosen Race: Deut 7:6-8
Applied to Israel: An ______________________ race of people ____________________ descended from Abraham.
Applied to the church: a spiritual race of people ___________________________________
✔Royal Priesthood: Exodus 19:6
Applied to Israel: offered _________________ sacrifices of animals to atone for sin and performed rituals as directed by God
Applied to the church: offers _____________________ sacrifices of thanksgiving, proclaiming the once for all sacrifice for sin made by Jesus Christ
✔Holy nation: Ex 19:6 (cf. Lev. 19:2; 20:26; Deut. 7:6; Is. 62:12)
Applied to Israel:
Israel was a __________________ nation of people called to be ___________________________ from the world
Applied to the church:
church is a _________________________ group of people to be ________________________________ from the world
✔A people for God’s own possession: Exodus 19:5; Deut 4:20; Deut 7:6; Deut 14:2; Isaiah 43:21
All of these things were originally said of Israel…
Has the church replaced Israel?
_________. The church is an __________________________ into God’s dealings with man, not a _____________________________ for Israel.
Today’s text.. v9 Proclamation of Christ is the function of the church
Proclaim: _______________________________
Excellencies: ______________________________
Darkness: _____________________________________
Represents: ________________________________
Marvelous: _________________________________________
Light: _______________________________________________
Represents: ____________________________________________
V10: Hosea 1:6-10, 2:23
Mercy: To pity, have mercy on.; to be _______________________
✔ Applied to Israel:
God’s _________________________ and _________________________ of His disobedient nation won’t last forever.
He will _______________ _____________
✔ Applied to the Church:
Salvation has now been fully and openly offered to the gentiles
Previously, gentiles were not the ________________ people of God.
Did not receive His __________________ in their unbelief.
Were excluded from Israel, strangers to God’s promises, without hope and without God (Eph 2:11-12)
Now are the ____________________ ____ _____________________
Now have __________________ ____________________________
This is the case for each one of us.
What we were _________________ Christ= not a people.
What we are ___________ Christ=the people of God…
We had ___________________________ mercy before Christ.
We now ______________________________ mercy in Christ
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