The greatest member of the covenant between God and Abraham was GOD HIMSELF and God was so committed and so true to that covenant that He Himself laid down HIS LIFE thru the blood of the Cross to save those (THE WEAKER VESSELS) who were in that first covenant of circumcision of all their COVENANT TRANSGRESSIONS. THAT IS REAL COVENANT COMMITMENT. All sin has its root in covenant transgressions. There is no way around this truth.
This is also why the bible calls Jesus, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE ONE. His cross was from top to bottom and from east to west, all its purpose and coverage A COVENANT SACRIFICE. Like a husband in marital covenant with his wife, he so loves her (His People, The Church) with all truth, honesty, and faithfulness that she being the weaker vessel, he marries her in the SACRED HOLY UNTO GOD COVENANT COMMITMENT of marriage to be for her STRENGTH, SHIELD, & BLESSING as TWO THAT HAVE BECOME ONE FLESH & ONE SPIRIT and the covenant commitment is so real and so strong that if it takes LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE to bless her and to save her he does, EVEN IF AND EVEN THOUGH SHE IS UNFAITHFUL TO HIM in the holy covenant of marriage. That is real love my friends from hearts of the HIGHEST FORM OF TRUE LOVE AND OF TRUE COVENANT HONOR. Not this evil love of this generation that flees as soon as feelings change, or as soon as trouble comes, or a strange wolf lurks around the house, or a seemingly better opportunity presents itself in tempting you.
True covenant keepers exalt covenant commitment far higher than carnal appetites and lust filled feelings. They live and they operate WAY MORE from the heart and from the spirit than from the sinful flesh. They are strong in spirit. They are strong in discipline of the flesh and its sensual, unstable, wavering senses. Paul wrote, in the last days the people will be COVENANT BREAKERS serving their lust above their vows and above their integrity. He was so right on. The marital VOW has become so unsacred to the present heart of America as well as many other covenant ties. The Cross of Christ is (IN PART) the Husband of the first covenant laying down HIS LIFE for the sins, the covenant transgressions of HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE (Israel). They took off the sacred ring and they cast off the sacred vow and in their casting Him Off he was found by the Gentiles, but still yet Jesus laid down HIS LIFE for the covenant transgressions of His wife Israel.
ALL THIS GOOD, THE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO GIVES HIS LIVE FOR THE SHEEP, HE DOES FROM COVENANT COMMITMENT. All this he does because He is truly GOOD. But wolves are covenant transgressors serving lust above covenant commitments. Love, Gods love is not so much a feeling as it is a COVENANT UPKEEP, IT IS KEEPING COVENANT. IT IS KEEPING YOUR WORD AND VOWS EVEN TO YOUR OWN HURT. IT IS COVENANT FAITHFULNESS. Gods Love is a path of HONOR and INTEGRITY. You do not break your vow or your swearing, or your commitment no matter what. Feelings may change, emotions may change but to you the COVENANT VOW STANDS and is EXALTED ABOVE ALL FEELINGS SUGGESTIONS AND EMOTIONS ANIMALISTIC VOICES.
Even if YOUR OWN WORDS, YOUR OWN SWEARINGS, YOUR OWN VOWS CAUSES YOU TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE SO THAT YOUR VOWS BE NOT BROKEN, YOU ARE SO COMMITTED TO THE VOW, TO THE COVENANT YOU WILL DO IT. That is in part, a great part of the root of the Cross of Christ. This is the TRUE COVENANT LOVE and heart of Jesus Christ. This my blood is the blood of the NEW COVENANT, JESUS SAID.
We all could use a higher education about COVENANTS and their Power and Influence. Covenants are the way God does all His business with the present man. WITHOUT being connected to God in a COVENANT CONNECTION, we are then in no way connected to God. Jesus said of his own blood, THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT WHICH I SHED FOR MANY.......Go and read Ephesians 2:11-13. It reveals to us all that without Covenant Connection to God we are without hope and without God.....
Thank God Jesus is the mediator of the NEW COVENANT that God established upon better promises than the old one. It is written in the red spiritual ink of Christ blood that speaks to us BETTER COVENANT THINGS than the old covenants blood of animals that were mostly bound to carnal physical limits. But Christ blood takes us into heaven itself and into Oneness of Spirit with the Lord Himself our glory......deno......share freely.
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