March 18th, 2018

God’s Covenant with Us

“Yet I will remember the  covenant  I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.” Ezekiel 16:60.

Let us be clear in our understanding of the covenants created by God:  He initiated them; He created them; He set forth the terms and conditions; and He implemented them.  He presented the covenants to man and we can either accept it or refuse it.  The “free will choice” is ours.  The covenants are a statement of God’s will, rather than God’s idea.  We cannot change God’s expressed will through His covenants. 

God’s covenant with us is His expressed will for us, accomplished through His divine commitment to us.  Covenant expresses:  YOU ARE MINE.  Covenant says:  COME INTO ETERNAL INTIMACY WITH ME.  Covenant demonstrates:  I LOVE YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.  God illustrates such love in the covenant of marriage (Malachi 2:14-16).

The actions God takes are purposed and planned.  What He does is a direct reflection of who He is.  The acts of God reflect His character, His nature, yes, even His name. 

There are three essential components of the covenants, defined as:

Ø  The words of the covenant (also known as His promises);

Ø  The blood of the covenant; and,

Ø  The seal of the covenant.

In this we see the fullness of the Godhead – our Father’s word spoken to us, the blood of His Son as the atoning work for us, and the Holy Spirit’s sealing work of the covenant in us.