The covenant of man's salvation from sin and death is not made between man and God. Otherwise our salvation would always be subject to our unreliable fulfilment of its terms.
No, our salvation is governed by a covenant between Christ our Saviour and God the Creator of the heavens and the earth. The terms pertaining to Christ in this covenant have already been fulfilled. Christ's sojourn on earth and subsequent torture and death marked his fulfilment of the covenant.
Isn't this wonderful? This means nothing we do or don't do can terminate our salvation bought by Christ once we accept it through faith, and signify it through baptism!
It is now the turn of God the Eternal Judge to fulfill his own part of the covenant.
This means that we are removed from under the curse brought by Adam's sin. It also means our spirits are born anew into eternal life and will never again experience death though our physical bodies may wither and die.
The Bible says there is nothing impossible for God to do, but I can tell you a few things God CANNOT do.
1. God cannot go back on His word
2. God cannot lie
3. God cannot stop loving us.
Since we are therefore sure that our future is secure in the covenant between Christ and our Creator, we must be careful not to desecrate the sacred covenant of which we are partakers.
We bring curses on ourselves when we despise our birthright purchased for us through Christ, in committing the abomination of entering into covenants with spiritual forces of evil.
The biggest lie the enemy tries to sell us is that acceptance of Christ could remand us to a life of poverty, ill health and ultimately unfulfilled dreams in our sojourn on earth.
An alarming percentage of Christians are not fulfilling their destiny as concerning a life of abundance because of their ignorance of the power of covenants!
Hosea 4:6 (NIV)
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
To be continued
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