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November 23, 2007 "We
Are Family"
Praise God for our liberty in Praise in Him,
Amen.
Praise Me, My children, because I love you and
need you as you need Me. We are (1)Covenant Partners. We are Son and
family. We are Son and Father. We are Father and child. We are one
Spirit, heart and mind. We are, Amen.
We are together as one forever, into eternity and
beyond what you can now see and comprehend, Amen. We are, Amen.
Christ has been born, and My anointed stands firm
with both feet upon My earth, My creation. My Son, one true Son,
conquers all, Amen. Christ your King now brings into
submission all who/that remains. All who do not answer will answer,
Amen Amen and again Amen. All comes as one into Me your God, your
one haven, Amen.
Come quickly now children into submission, stand
beside Me, your LORD, Amen Stand beside Me, who is Son and light,
Amen. Come into Me, My fullness and fly/exist far above the troubles
and sin/lusts of the world, Amen. Come Amen, Come Amen Come Amen
Amen and again Amen.
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(1) "Covenant Partners":
COVENANT
An agreement between two people or two groups that involves promises
on the part of each to the other. The concept of covenant between
God and His people is one of the most important theological truths
of the Bible. By making a covenant with Abraham, God promised to
bless His descendants and to make them His special people. Abraham,
in return, was to remain faithful to God and to serve as a channel
through which God's blessings could flow to the rest of the world
(Gen 12:1-3).
Even before Abraham's time, God also made a covenant with Noah,
assuring Noah that He would not again destroy the world by flood
(Gen 9). Another famous covenant was between God and David, in which
David and his descendants were established as the royal heirs to the
throne of the nation of Israel (2 Sam 7:12; 22:51). This covenant
agreement reached its highest fulfillment when Jesus the Messiah, a
descendant of the line of David, was born in Bethlehem about a
thousand years after God made this promise to David the king.
A covenant, in the biblical sense, implies much more than a contract
or simple agreement. A contract always has an end date, while a
covenant is a permanent arrangement. Another difference is that a
contract generally involves only one part of a person, such as a
skill, while a covenant covers a person's total being.
The word for covenant in the Old Testament also provides additional
insight into the meaning of this important idea. It comes from a
Hebrew root word which means "to cut." This explains the strange
custom of two people passing through the cut bodies of slain animals
after making an agreement with each other (Jer 34:18). A ritual or
ceremony such as this always accompanied the making of a covenant in
the Old Testament. Sometimes those entering into a covenant shared a
holy meal (Gen 31:54). Abraham and his children were commanded to be
circumcised as a sign of their covenant with God (Gen 17:10-11).
Moses sprinkled the blood of animals on the altar and upon the
people who entered into covenant with God at Mount Sinai (Ex
24:3-8).
The Old Testament
contains many examples of covenants between people who related to
each other as equals. For example, David and Jonathan entered into a
covenant because of their love for each other. This agreement bound
each of them to certain responsibilities (1 Sam 18:3). But the
striking thing about God's covenant with His people is that God is
holy, all-knowing, and all powerful; but He consents to enter into
covenant with man, who is weak, sinful, and imperfect.
In the Old
Testament, God's CHOSEN PEOPLE confirmed their covenant with God
with oaths or promises to keep the agreement. At Mount Sinai, the
nation of Israel promised to perform "all the words which the Lord
has said" (Ex 24:3). When the people later broke this promise, they
were called by their leaders to renew their oath (2 Kings 23:3). By
contrast, God does not break promises. His oath to raise up
believing children to Abraham (Gen 22:16-17) is an "everlasting"
covenant (Gen 17:7).
The New Testament
makes a clear distinction between covenants of Law and covenants of
Promise. The apostle Paul spoke of these "two covenants," one
originating "from Mount Sinai," the other from "the Jerusalem above"
(Gal 4:24-26). Paul also argued that the covenant established at
Mount Sinai, the Law, is a "ministry of death" and "condemnation" (2
Cor 3:7,9) - a covenant that cannot be obeyed because of man's
weakness and sin (Rom 8:3).
But the "covenants of promise" (Eph 2:12) are God's guarantees that
He will provide salvation in spite of man's inability to keep his
side of the agreement because of his sin. The provision of a Chosen
People through whom the Messiah would be born is the promise of the
covenants with Adam and David (Gen 3:15; 2 Sam 7:14-15). The
covenant with Noah is God's promise to withhold judgment on nature
while salvation is occurring (Gen 8:21-22; 2 Peter 3:7,15). In the
covenant with Abraham, God promised to bless Abraham's descendants
because of his faith.
These many covenants of promise may be considered one covenant of
grace, which was fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus. His
death ushered in the new covenant under which we are justified by
God's grace and mercy rather than our human attempts to keep the
law. And Jesus Himself is the Mediator of this better covenant
between God and man (Heb 9:15).
Jesus' sacrificial
death served as the oath, or pledge, which God made to us to seal
this new covenant. He is determined to give us eternal life and
fellowship with Him, in spite of our unworthiness. As the Book of
Hebrews declares, "The word of the oath, which came after the law,
appoints the Son who has been perfected forever" (Heb 7:28). This is
still God's promise to any person who turns to Him in repentance and
faith. (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright ©
1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
[1 Cor 6:20]
"For you were bought at a price ; therefore glorify God in your body
and in your spirit, which are God's." NKJV
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messages God writes through me; and never sell them. Thank you so
much for your love. Copyright Chris Williams Ministry
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