How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Welcome to Through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

In today's study of the New Testament book of Jude,

were given great news as followers of Jesus Christ. Good news from Jude? Yep. This little book

may be full of dark warnings against the false teaching that swallowed the first century church,

but right at the start, we're reminded of some amazing

truths. Jude reminds those who belong to Jesus Christ that God loves us, he keeps us, and he preserves

our salvation even in the darkest days. Sounds great, right? Well, that's just in the first three

verses. Well, I'm as eager to get at it as you are, but before we dive in,

here's another piece of Dr. McGee's continuing conversation on the covenants of the Bible.

I want to conclude the messages I've been giving preliminary messages on the covenants.

And I've been giving these messages on the covenants that you

might better understand prophecy and better understand how to divide the word of God. We have

had now four of the covenants, and the last one we took was the Davidic covenant and we saw that the

Davidic covenant God made with David and promised him a throne. I did not go on to get David's

reaction to it which was a tremendous reaction.

It humbled this man, but I do want to turn to 2nd Samuel, the 23rd chapter, verse 5,

and get David's reaction to it later on in his life when he became an old man.

I'm reading now,

Although my house be not so with God,

it's David speaking now,

yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,

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