A few months ago I posted a study I had undertaken about covenants because I knew only the basic information about this topic that causes so much contention in the forum. I wanted to understand it better. I stopped posting when the opposition became so fierce that the entire point was lost to a derailed conversation and I determined that I didn’t need that headache every day. I determined that it wasn’t worth the time it took because arguments always put spiritual edification to naught, and there was an overwhelming amount of arguing, nasty rude comments, and downright mean spiritedness. The edification I was attempting to accomplish appeared to be MIA. I have since been asked by several people to repost what I had posted and add to it.
After beseeching Adonai and reminding Him of what happened before (yes, I had the audacity to remind Him of something our All-knowing Lord of Lords might have forgotten (!) or overlooked), and reminding Him that I really would prefer to pass up those ramifications of sharing subject matter that proves we as Christians have certain responsibilities which does not set well with many professing Christians these days, He reminded me of what He said to the Apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient.” So, I presented to the Great I AM, another reason – oh okay, it was an excuse - to not do this. I said, “But I thought You were leading me in the direction of studying the “Bride of Christ” because so many people don’t have a clue who that is or are misled thinking they are part of this blessed body of believers,” to which He replied, “They are related to each other.”
Experience has shown me over and over that what God says in His Word is true, and most people who read these threads would agree with that simple statement. Likewise, it has also been proven that many professing Christians are exactly that – professing to be Christians, all the while having been misled somewhere along the way, into believing that their carnal minds are somehow compatible with the Word of God which is spiritually discerned. It is not warm and fuzzy. It is many times not logical by our 21[SUP]st[/SUP] century standards. It is however, the very Word of El ‘Elyon (The Most High God), every one of which we are to live by according to both Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4.
So, just to be upfront as I begin to post as I learn, I will ignore “doubtful disputations” and nonsense thrown in with no Bible backup which show evidence of a carnal, fleshly, nonspiritual mind, because – “Now the natural man does not receive the things from the Spirit of God - to him they are nonsense! Moreover, he is unable to grasp them, because they are evaluated through the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 (CJB) or if you prefer the (NAS), “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”
God likes to use covenants. They are important to Him and should be to us…but they aren’t.
We can say with all good intent that we believe that when we make a promise we keep it and that is part of the ‘integrity’ we should all have. What is so bad is that as a society (at least in America) we have become so accustomed to breaking promises and contracts that we no longer view the covenants God makes with us with the gravity He does. The proof is in the pudding as the old saying goes – just consider the number of marriage contracts broken, the number of home and car repossessions, and the number of bankruptcies we see today. As much as we might like to say that these things happen for good reasons in our own minds, a closer look at covenants would do us well. Why should we study covenants…because according to Galatians 3:14, the covenant blessings of Abraham are also for us. “…in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (NAS) Only a fool would not want to know his/her obligations and benefits of a contract he/she was a part of.
After beseeching Adonai and reminding Him of what happened before (yes, I had the audacity to remind Him of something our All-knowing Lord of Lords might have forgotten (!) or overlooked), and reminding Him that I really would prefer to pass up those ramifications of sharing subject matter that proves we as Christians have certain responsibilities which does not set well with many professing Christians these days, He reminded me of what He said to the Apostle Paul, “My grace is sufficient.” So, I presented to the Great I AM, another reason – oh okay, it was an excuse - to not do this. I said, “But I thought You were leading me in the direction of studying the “Bride of Christ” because so many people don’t have a clue who that is or are misled thinking they are part of this blessed body of believers,” to which He replied, “They are related to each other.”
Experience has shown me over and over that what God says in His Word is true, and most people who read these threads would agree with that simple statement. Likewise, it has also been proven that many professing Christians are exactly that – professing to be Christians, all the while having been misled somewhere along the way, into believing that their carnal minds are somehow compatible with the Word of God which is spiritually discerned. It is not warm and fuzzy. It is many times not logical by our 21[SUP]st[/SUP] century standards. It is however, the very Word of El ‘Elyon (The Most High God), every one of which we are to live by according to both Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4.
So, just to be upfront as I begin to post as I learn, I will ignore “doubtful disputations” and nonsense thrown in with no Bible backup which show evidence of a carnal, fleshly, nonspiritual mind, because – “Now the natural man does not receive the things from the Spirit of God - to him they are nonsense! Moreover, he is unable to grasp them, because they are evaluated through the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 (CJB) or if you prefer the (NAS), “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”
God likes to use covenants. They are important to Him and should be to us…but they aren’t.
We can say with all good intent that we believe that when we make a promise we keep it and that is part of the ‘integrity’ we should all have. What is so bad is that as a society (at least in America) we have become so accustomed to breaking promises and contracts that we no longer view the covenants God makes with us with the gravity He does. The proof is in the pudding as the old saying goes – just consider the number of marriage contracts broken, the number of home and car repossessions, and the number of bankruptcies we see today. As much as we might like to say that these things happen for good reasons in our own minds, a closer look at covenants would do us well. Why should we study covenants…because according to Galatians 3:14, the covenant blessings of Abraham are also for us. “…in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (NAS) Only a fool would not want to know his/her obligations and benefits of a contract he/she was a part of.
