What is the nature of a covenant relationship and how long does it last?
Posted : 26 Dec, 2016 05:07 PM
Who can tell me how you determine if a relationship is covenant or merely contract? What are the similarities of the two? What are the differences between the two? What is the duration of the two? What does it take to establish each of them? What, if any, involvement does God with them? Why are they different? Does a breach terminate one or both of these relationships? How do I tell if I am in a covenant relationship? How do I tell if I am in a contract relationship? How do I tell who all is party to a covenant relationship? How do I tell who is a party in a contract relationship? What are my duties in a covenant relationship? What are my duties in a contract relationship? What other things do I need to know about a covenant relationship?
What is the nature of a covenant relationship and how long does it last?
Posted : 28 Dec, 2016 08:54 AM
Hebrews 8:7,8,12,13: For if there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said" The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a **NEW COVENANT** with the house of Israel...For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." By calling this **COVENANT NEW** He has made the first one **OBSOLETE**; and what is **OBSOLETE** and aging will soon disappear.
John 13:13:34: Jesus says, " A **NEW
COMMAND** I give you: Love one another **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**, so you must love one another!" John 15:12,13: "Jesus says, "My command is this: Love each other **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**. Greater love has no one than this, that **HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE** for his friends!"
There are about 400 laws in Christ's New Covenant of Love {about 300 do's and about 100 don'ts}. Salvation is 100% free and rewards for keeping Christ's New Covenant laws are 100% earned with the hope of countless eternal rewards for faithful and loving service.
Matthew 26:28: Jesus says, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many **FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS**!"
Galatians 2:18-21: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me! The life I live in the body, I live by **FAITH** in the Son of God, who loved me and **GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME**!! I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!!
Hebrews 9:12: He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by **HIS OWN BLOOD**, having obtained **ETERNAL REDEMPTION**!
Hebrews 9:22; 26-28: The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood **THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS**.... But now He has appeared **ONCE FOR ALL** at the end of the ages to do away with sin **BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF**!! Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, and Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!!
Ephesians 2:13: But now in Christ Jesus you who were once were far away have been brought near **THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST**!!
Hebrews 10:8-10: First He said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them," although the law required them to be made. Then He said, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He sets aside the first **TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND**. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ **ONCE FOR ALL**!!
Romans 3:21-25: But now a righteousness from God, **APART FROM THE LAW**, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes **THROUGH FAITH** in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by **HIS GRACE** through the **REDEMPTION** that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a **SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT**, **THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD**!!
Romans 4:6-8: David says the same thing when he speaks of the righteousness of the man whom God credits righteousness **APART FROM WORKS**. "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whom sin the Lord **WILL NEVER COUNT AGAINST HIM**!"{David was inspired to write this in Psalm 32:1,2}
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow!!"
Colossians 1:15-20: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the **HEAD OF HIS BODY, THE CHURCH**; He is the beginning and the firstborn from the dead, so that is **EVERYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY**. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things **ON EARTH** or things in heaven, by making peace **THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, shed on the cross!!
Colossians 2:13-15: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you **ALIVE WITH CHRIST**. He forgave us **ALL OUR SINS**, having canceled the written code, with its regulation, that was against us and that stood opposed to us, He took it away, **NAILNG IT TO THE CROSS**!!.
Ephesians 1:3-8; 11: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with **EVERY** spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and **BLAMELESS** in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His **GLORIOUS GRACE**, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, **THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding!!
I Peter 1:18,19: For you know that was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were **REDEEMED** from the empty way of life handed down to you by your forefathers, but with the **PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST**, Lamb without blemish or defect!!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself **BORE OUR SINS** in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, by **HIS WOUNDS** we are healed{See Isaiah 53:5,6}!! For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls!!
I Peter 3:18 For Christ **DIED FOR SINS ONCE FOR ALL**, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God!!
I John 2:1,2: My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have One who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world!!
I John 4:10-12: This is **LOVE**, not that we loved God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as an **ATONING SACRIFICE** for our sins. Dear friends, since God so **LOVED** us, we also ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we **LOVE** one another, God **LIVES IN US** and His **LOVE** is made complete in us.
Revelation 1:4,5: Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness... To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins **BY HIS BLOOD**!!
What is the nature of a covenant relationship and how long does it last?
Posted : 28 Dec, 2016 08:54 PM
Who can tell me how you determine if a relationship is covenant or merely contract? What are the similarities of the two? What are the differences between the two? What is the duration of the two? What does it take to establish each of them? What, if any, involvement does God with them? Why are they different? Does a breach terminate one or both of these relationships? How do I tell if I am in a covenant relationship? How do I tell if I am in a contract relationship? How do I tell who all is party to a covenant relationship? How do I tell who is a party in a contract relationship? What are my duties in a covenant relationship? What are my duties in a contract relationship? What other things do I need to know about a covenant relationship?
What is the nature of a covenant relationship and how long does it last?
Posted : 15 Jan, 2017 12:38 PM
prophetic7744 Said: " By calling this **COVENANT NEW** He has made the first one **OBSOLETE**; and what is **OBSOLETE** and aging will soon disappear."
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That's a rather bold statement. I haven't found any evidence in scripture that neither one jot nor tittle of the LAW has passed away form previous covenants.
Do you know how many PROGRESSIONS there have been in YHWH's covenantS?
Yes, there are more than two. Since this last one, these covenants have been progressive. I see no evidence to support that the most recent one is an exception.
