The Covenant of Works
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When we understand the covenant that Adam broke in the garden of Eden, we better understand our need for Jesus and the salvation He brings. Today, J.V. Fesko turns to the covenant of works revealed in the Bible’s earliest pages.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
J.V. Fesko is the Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS, and a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He is author of many books, including Word, Water, and Spirit: A Reformed Perspective on Baptism, The Need for Creeds Today, and Justification.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | God placed Adam in paradise and gave him commands. God placed Israel in the promised land and gave them commands. |
| 0:09.6 | We also see that both disobeyed. Adam was exiled from God's presence. Israel was eventually exiled from God's presence. |
| 0:19.6 | Just as Adam experienced death and returned to the dust, |
| 0:24.2 | God cast Israel out of the land, |
| 0:27.4 | which the prophet Ezekiel characterizes as an exilicliac graveyard. |
| 0:32.4 | They're a valley of dry bones in Ezekiel chapter 37. |
| 0:36.5 | Music Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel chapter 37. |
| 0:44.9 | Romans 519 reads, |
| 0:49.0 | For as by the one man's disobedience, the many were made sinners, |
| 0:54.0 | so by the one man's obedience, the many will be made righteous. Understanding this one man's |
| 0:56.4 | disobedience, that is, the disobedience of Adam, helps us understand the bad news and what makes |
| 1:02.9 | the good news of what Christ has accomplished for his people so good. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, |
| 1:09.4 | and you're listening to renewing your mind as we continue a three-day |
| 1:13.2 | study on covenant theology. Sadly, when speaking with many unbelievers, many professing Christians |
| 1:20.8 | begin an evangelistic conversation with God's love or his mercy, and they never get to discussing an individual's personal sins |
| 1:29.7 | or the sin of Adam. But when we understand what took place in the Garden of Eden and the |
| 1:35.4 | covenant that Adam broke, it helps us understand our need for a Savior and what Jesus did to secure |
| 1:41.8 | salvation. Here's Dr. Fesco on the Covenant of Works. |
| 1:49.0 | The opening chapters of the Bible reveal God's creation of the heavens and the earth. |
| 1:54.9 | One of the things that we might notice as we're doing our study of covenant theology |
| 1:59.5 | is that the word covenant doesn't appear |
| 2:02.9 | in the opening chapters of the Bible. It doesn't appear in Genesis 1, 2, or 3. It's not really |
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