KEY SCRIPTURE: Heb 8:6 KJV “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”

God is a God of covenants. Covenants are agreements between two or more parties, in which the agreement joins the two or more parties as one person, making them all joint owners of whatever each party has. In case of a breach of the agreement, the offender may incur curses. Since creation, our Father God has entered into covenants with various people. After the flood, the Lord made a covenant with Noah and all living beings that He would no longer destroy the earth with rain. Gen 9:11 KJV” And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth.” He said He would cause the rainbow to appear in the skies as a token of the covenant, signaling to us that He would not destroy the earth any longer with floods. The Lord also made a covenant with Abraham. Gen 17:10 KJV “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

Just as God’s covenant with Abraham was the circumcision of their flesh, so was the covenant he made with us through our Lord Jesus was the circumcision of our old man. Col 2:11 KJV “In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:” It is said that we are the product of the covenant between our Lord Jesus and our heavenly father.  This should not be the case, since we were in Christ and we are identified with him in all that He did. Whatever the Lord Jesus did, we did it with Him. God’s covenant with the Christian is the circumcision of his heart. Rom 2:29 KJV “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God”. Dear child of God, through this spiritual circumcision, you are in a covenant with the Lord.

What is the significance of this covenant? Covenants make the parties one. The enemy of your covenanted becomes your enemy. Our enemies become God’s enemies. Your possession becomes the possession of your covenanted. Our terms of the covenant are to keep bearing fruit unto our father. His part is to take care of everything that concerns us. John 15:8 KJV” Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” We must abide in Him so that we bear much fruit. The struggles of most Christians is that they are focused on their cares and as a result have become unfruitful. Fruitfulness involves everything that brings glory to God. By understanding our covenant relationship with the Father, we ought to be more confident in him and commit ourselves to doing that which brings glory to His name. Amen.

CONFESSION

I am a Covenant child of God through my identification with Jesus Christ. I bear more fruit for the Father, bringing glory to His name. He cares for me and provides all that I need.

FURTHER STUDIES

John 15:5 NHEB” I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. “

2Cor 3:6 NHEB “who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”