Topic: Incomparable Covenant [Sunday April 12, 2015]
Text: Hebrews 8:10-13
Key Verse: “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people” (Hebrews 8:10).
God’s thoughts towards His people are always thoughts of peace, progress and prosperity, to make us happy here and hereafter. He made covenants with His people under the Old Testament dispensation and gave them the terms and conditions to be fulfilled in order to enjoy the promised blessings.
A covenant is a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties. Definitely, when the conditions attached to the covenant are met, God fulfills the promises.
Unfortunately, the children of Israel were not faithful to God in that they breached the covenant He made with them. Their unbelief, disobedience, rebellion and backsliding made the old covenant not to be fulfilled. Therefore, God promised a new covenant with better promises with His people. This new covenant is faultless and well ordered in all things.
God cannot lie and His promises can never fail. This new and perfect covenant is established upon better promises. All who truly lay hold on it shall always be preserved by the power of God. In this new covenant, we have promises of assistance, acceptance, progress, preservation in grace and holiness, and glory in heaven at last. Every need of your life as a child of God is adequately taken care of by God. He cares for you and promises to “supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”. But be sure you are a real child of God because these promises in the new covenant are children’s bread which cannot be handed to strangers.
Do not forget, “The Lord will give (you) grace and glory and no good thing (healing and health, purity and power, provision and prosperity) will He withhold from them that walk uprightly
Bible in One Year: Psalm 72-77
Thought for The Day: God’s promises are cast in stone through Christ.
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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