Covenants are contracts. Formal solemn agreements between two or more parties with mutual benefits and obligations. You intensely get to know someone as to their character, nature, positive and negative characteristics through the performance of the terms of contracts.

Covenants are not untethered promises.

After the Jews left Egypt following the Passover, Father God did not immediately take them to the promised land. They were ushered out to the desert, where God could learn what was in their hearts. (See Deut.8) The harsh environment lent itself to dependence on God and God alone. The Jews learned about the motives of God towards them. God learned which of the Jews were serious about pursuing a relationship with Him.

Do we preach about how God uses covenants at evangelical crusades? If not, why not? Would it sort out the ones who are serious about the walk towards God in which they are about to engage?

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A covenant is a formal, solemn, and binding agreement between 2 or more parties for the performance of some action. But why does God elect to relationally deal with us by way of this form of interaction?

Covenants are contracts that function as God's way of reaching out to reconnect with his separated children. God uses covenants as a foundation to reestablish relationships; relationships between individuals and groups.

Father God is looking to reconnect with his children by constructing and living inside human houses as dwelling places, where He will find rest. (See Isaiah 66:1-2 and Ephesians 2:19-22)

Covenants are the mechanisms and means by which God reestablishes his relational connection to his fallen children in their fallen sinful state. Through covenants God deals with finality to the embedded sin problem within his children. Ultimately, God's plan is to indelibly imprint His eternal moral law, found in Micah 6:8, into the hearts and minds of His children.

He sent His Divine Son in human form to fulfill this assignment.

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