4.1 New series - COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Today, we shall begin on a new series. I asked the Lord what it should be, and He impressed on me to share about our covenant relationship with Him. This will be an exciting series. Many years ago, my Christian walk with God was transformed when I realized I was in covenant relationship with Him.
Do you know you are in covenant relationship with God? How did you enter into this relationship? What does it mean to be in covenant with Him? What are the covenant terms? What are the benefits and privileges? We will answer all these questions in due time.
The Bible is divided into the Old Testament and New Testament. It would be more accurate to call these divisions the “Old Covenant” and the “New Covenant”. The Bible speaks of two major covenants. God found fault with the first covenant and sought for a second. When the New Covenant came, the first became obsolete.
(Heb 8:7, 13, NKJV)
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete.
We will be explaining more about these two covenants. For now, we need to know that we are under the New Covenant. Therefore our Christian walk revolves around our covenant relationship with God, and we need to understand covenant.
The Hebrew and Greek words for covenant actually means to “cut covenant”. By definition, it is an agreement to cut a covenant by the shedding of blood. A blood covenant between two parties is the closest, the most enduring and the most sacred of all contracts. It cannot be broken.
When you enter into blood covenant with someone, you promise to give them your life, your love, and your protection forever. Marriage is a blood covenant. Some may not honor marriage as a blood covenant but God says it is (Malachi 2:14; Proverbs 2:17). The consummation of marriage involves the shedding of blood. This shows God’s hand in the institution of marriage.
(Reference for this series: Walking on Water by Joshua Lye, Armour Publishing - Chp 10)
Do you know you are in covenant relationship with God? How did you enter into this relationship? What does it mean to be in covenant with Him? What are the covenant terms? What are the benefits and privileges? We will answer all these questions in due time.
The Bible is divided into the Old Testament and New Testament. It would be more accurate to call these divisions the “Old Covenant” and the “New Covenant”. The Bible speaks of two major covenants. God found fault with the first covenant and sought for a second. When the New Covenant came, the first became obsolete.
(Heb 8:7, 13, NKJV)
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete.
We will be explaining more about these two covenants. For now, we need to know that we are under the New Covenant. Therefore our Christian walk revolves around our covenant relationship with God, and we need to understand covenant.
The Hebrew and Greek words for covenant actually means to “cut covenant”. By definition, it is an agreement to cut a covenant by the shedding of blood. A blood covenant between two parties is the closest, the most enduring and the most sacred of all contracts. It cannot be broken.
When you enter into blood covenant with someone, you promise to give them your life, your love, and your protection forever. Marriage is a blood covenant. Some may not honor marriage as a blood covenant but God says it is (Malachi 2:14; Proverbs 2:17). The consummation of marriage involves the shedding of blood. This shows God’s hand in the institution of marriage.
(Reference for this series: Walking on Water by Joshua Lye, Armour Publishing - Chp 10)
posted by Joshua Lye @ 12:52 AM
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