Covenant
God continues to reveal how much he stresses relationship with us. Our bible study touched on the Passover and how God took the Israelites out of captivity and carried him into the promised land. More so, it was also God upholding the covenant he made with Abraham, and Jesus making a new covenant on top of that.
covenant - a binding agreement.
That word has showed up a lot more lately. Up until this point, when I heard that word, the first thing that pops in my mind is an Indiana Jones movie. Even legal documents carry that word sometimes. When studying my Professional Law and Ethics exam, one of the main topics was that was delved into was (fundamental) breach of contract, liability and damages. In a court of law, a judge would award the victim based on the severity of the breach and damages that extend from it.
The concept is exactly the same with our covenant. The moment, I accepted God's gift of salvation through Christ, I was choosing to enter a covenant with God. The terms being I become part of His family and acknowledge that Jesus is the Head of it. Most importantly, I place my trust that God HAS, IS and will ALWAYS hold up His end of the covenant. "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6, Hebrews 13:5).
So what do you when you fundamentally breach your end of the covenant? In a court of law you would pay damages and the victim (God) would hold the right to walk away from the binding agreement. How do you compensate God when everything you have is on loan from God? You and I have nothing. What would happen if God chose to exercise His right to end the covenant that WE broke first. I don't even want to entertain that. When we ask for forgiveness, it's God that willingly pays the damages through Christ so that justice is met. In fact, he knew in advance that'd have to.
When I started my walk with God almost 4 years ago, I didn't really understand anything about Jesus, Trinity, Resurrection or Christianity. The only thing I knew was that I could put my hopes and trust in God, Jesus Christ was somehow involved in that, and that I'd figure things out along the way. God's been faithful in protecting and revealing Himself to me in astonishing ways. The bible study was originally supposed to show God is a relational God who took the first step in reconciliation. Instead, I learned about grace. Everything clicked, and I'm blown away by it.
covenant - a binding agreement.
That word has showed up a lot more lately. Up until this point, when I heard that word, the first thing that pops in my mind is an Indiana Jones movie. Even legal documents carry that word sometimes. When studying my Professional Law and Ethics exam, one of the main topics was that was delved into was (fundamental) breach of contract, liability and damages. In a court of law, a judge would award the victim based on the severity of the breach and damages that extend from it.
The concept is exactly the same with our covenant. The moment, I accepted God's gift of salvation through Christ, I was choosing to enter a covenant with God. The terms being I become part of His family and acknowledge that Jesus is the Head of it. Most importantly, I place my trust that God HAS, IS and will ALWAYS hold up His end of the covenant. "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6, Hebrews 13:5).
So what do you when you fundamentally breach your end of the covenant? In a court of law you would pay damages and the victim (God) would hold the right to walk away from the binding agreement. How do you compensate God when everything you have is on loan from God? You and I have nothing. What would happen if God chose to exercise His right to end the covenant that WE broke first. I don't even want to entertain that. When we ask for forgiveness, it's God that willingly pays the damages through Christ so that justice is met. In fact, he knew in advance that'd have to.
When I started my walk with God almost 4 years ago, I didn't really understand anything about Jesus, Trinity, Resurrection or Christianity. The only thing I knew was that I could put my hopes and trust in God, Jesus Christ was somehow involved in that, and that I'd figure things out along the way. God's been faithful in protecting and revealing Himself to me in astonishing ways. The bible study was originally supposed to show God is a relational God who took the first step in reconciliation. Instead, I learned about grace. Everything clicked, and I'm blown away by it.
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