THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD
Genesis 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer, and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
We serve a covenant keeping God who has never defaulted in His covenant with his creatures; the first covenant that God initiated in the bible was provoked by the action of a man called Noah; Noah found grace in sight of God and that brought about the second chance that God gave to man. God is constantly looking for a man that He can use to save people whether in our family or our community. It takes a heart of obedience to be found by God because our heart is the connecting link between us and God. Man is very deceptive and very skilled in eye service; so, God is looking into the heart and not what our mouth says or does when someone is watching us. The difference between His covenant during the time of Noah and the covenant He made with Abraham is that; when Noah presented his sacrifice and it was accepted, God made a covenant between Him and every human being and all the creatures that Noah saves from the flood but His covenant with Abraham was personal; it was between him and God alone and it covers only the seed of Abraham. God was very generous with His covenant in the time of Noah; so both good and bad people are covers with this covenant; that is why the rain do fall both on the wicked and the good people; the wicked eat and drink water so long the earth remain and God has no plan of changing this covenant but He always find a way of amending His covenant. Man will not stop being wicked so He chose another person in the person of Abraham and initiated a relationship with him. Abraham's willingness to follow and obey God is what brings about the promise of an heir who will reign forever. The key to walk in the reality of the covenant of Abraham is obedience; the terms and conditions were stated in the book of (Deuteronomy 28:1-64). Deuteronomy 28:1 (And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth): You need to pass the test of patience, endurance, faith and and many more before you can benefit from this covenant. The children of Israel went through the wilderness in order to pass all this test. The covenant continued until the new covenant came and Jesus Christ said he did not come to do away with the old covenant but to fulfil it. Matthew 5:17 (Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil). The same way Abrahamś covenant with God does not make His covenant in the time of Noah irrelevant. Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of the old covenant; he was the covenant seed that was to reign forever. Jesus Christ is the real heir and we are joint heir with him through faith in him; so we enter into the covenant through Jesus. The scripture says that as Isaac is so we are; Galatians 4:28 (Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise). The fall brought curses to man through Adam and the covenant brought blessing to us through Jesus Christ. The new covenant is sealed with an oath, the blood of Jesus is the seal and that is why to enter into it; you need to be redeemed from the sinful Adamic curses by the blood of Jesus and then enter into the blessing of Abrahamic covenant. Galatians 3:13 (Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith). God's plan was to return man to his old estate which is the Garden of Eden but it takes the Spirit of God to enter there and it is only those who are born of God that are qualified to be there. John 3:4 (Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again).
He amended the covenant by sending His only begotten son that anyone who believed in him and received him will have the Spirit of God in him. There are two different human beings on earth; one is called the covenant children and the other is called the children of disobedience; and everyone has the right to choose which one to belong to. Ephesians 2:2 (Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience): Friends; the good news is that you can choose to walk in the covenant instead of walking according to the prince of the power of the air (Satan). Become a covenant child today by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour in case you have not and be blessed in Jesus name.
Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and saviour. Now I know I am Born Again, Amen
NENE ISAH,
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