Chapter 2 – God’s Call to Abraham: The Disruptive Truth of Man’s Kingdom Rejected

The doctrine of justification. In paganism, man invents truth. In biblical Christianity, man discovers truth. Gospel preaching is not an impudent, superficial act; it is the powerful call of God that creates the elect in human history. Man must be credited with a perfect righteousness that he does not generate. Justification is due to righteousness outside of man: the imputed righteousness of Christ. The Cross was the greatest act of obedience. The Protestant view of justification, contrasted with the Roman Catholic view. The whole point of justification is that the believer’s relationship with God is permanently fixed. [Brief technical difficulties begin around the 43:00 minute mark and last for a couple minutes] Questions and answers.

The Abrahamic Covenant. Missions begin once God breaks from the rest of the world (Genesis 12). The seed of Abraham's promise was fulfilled in a miraculous way. You must have an infinite, personal, God in order to have the basis for a covenant (contract). The existence of a covenant with God argues for the inerrancy of Scripture. The significance of circumcision. Questions and answers.