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I know the idea of God being obligated to do anything is very foreign to many of us Christians. The reason is most have been taught that God is a Sovereign God He has the right to do anything He wants. While it is true that God is originally Sovereign, He has chosen to bind himself to us through a blood covenant. A blood covenant binds the parties together, so they are not free to do anything they wish; they must fulfill the obligations of the blood covenant. This is the only basis that we can have faith in God. If God was free to do anything He wishes, then there would be no solid foundation for our faith. We could not be sure what Gods will was if He had not bound Himself to a blood oath.
we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged (Heb. 6/17-18). There are two things God cannot do: He cannot lie and He cannot break a covenant. Abram had both Gods promise and the covenant to confirm the promise. Like Abram, we have two foundations for our faith: Gods promises and the covenant He made with us to confirm all His promises. Eph. 1/13-14 says that God has sealed us with His Holy spirit and has given us the Holy spirit as a pledge, a guarantee to the riches of the Kingdom of Heaven. There is no point to feign humility and tell God, Oh, Lord, I do not want to hold you to anything, simply do what seems best to you. Often we pray like this, thinking that we are praying in faith. But this is not a faith-prayer. Praying in faith requires us to know what God has promised and to hold Him to the promise because of the blood of Jesus.
Marriage Covenant
Even though in our culture we have not seen the practice of blood covenants, there is still one institution where covenant is still the norm. It is marriage. Marriage retains the concept of covenant, though some have water-down the covenant to make it resemble more a contract; nevertheless most see marriage as a covenant not a contract. For example, in marriage, rings are exchanged. Rings are a memorial to a covenant made. Rings remind me on a daily basis that I am married. The blood covenant of Jesus is something we must remind ourselves daily, or else, the devil takes advantage of our memory lapse and brings discouragement. That is why we have the Eucharist celebrated daily for us in the church. The groom and bride at the wedding mass administer each other the Body and Blood of Jesus the Bread and Wine and at the wedding reception feed each other cake and the toast wine. The cake speaks of their bodies. Basically they are saying to each other, my body is yours! You are free to do whatever you like with my body. Then they take the
wine glasses and interlock their arms together and drink from the cups. By this act they declare that their lives belong to each other. We are not our own. We are owned by one another. We are not free to depart and go elsewhere. Do you see the resemblance of the Lords Supper? The best man and sometimes the maid of honour or a special toast master will toast the newlyweds. This toast is a symbol of the announcement of blessings and curses. Blessings if you keep your word and curses if you break it. Of course, now, in an upbeat climate, there are rarely any curses spoken over the couples, but only wishes and blessings for happiness. In some ceremonies, I have seen, there is a unity rope that is laid across the bride and groom. The unity rope is often called the lasso. The wrong picture some have is of a macho-cowboy-groom who lassos his heiferbride and ties her down and says, Shes mine! This is not what the rope symbolizes. Rather its origin is from an ancient soldier who carries weapons tied to his hip by a rope belt. By removing the rope and giving it to his covenant-partner, the person was saying that he will fight his partners enemies. His enemies are my enemies! The bride and groom are saying that they will fight together against any enemies that may come to break up their union. Coins are sometimes given in a wedding ceremony. The coins are easy to understand: this is the bride and grooms way of saying that all their wealth belongs to each other. No one owns any money independently of each other. They are heirs together. Finally, a groom gives his last name to the bride. This means that the wife will be treated with the same respect as the groom. She can sign for any withdrawal from the bank. She is Mrs. Groom and has the use of Mr. Grooms name. His name is her name and thus she has instantly becomes as rich as her husband.
The Bible says we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ (Rom. 8/17). Everything God has belongs to us, because we have a blood covenant through Jesus Christ. If we need wisdom, then God promises to give it to us. If we are weak, then He will be our strength. If we lack anything, then God promises to make it up to us. He does this because of the covenant we have with Him. Jesus gave us the right to use his name. In my name you shall drive out demons and heal the sick. Whatever you ask the Father in my name, He will give it to you. Where did Jesus get the concept of giving us His name? It has to do with the covenant we have with Him. As our groom, He gives us His name. We are as rich as Jesus!
sense of claiming their clients rights. The blood of Jesus gives you rights over the devil and rights with God. You claim your rights by claiming the promises of God. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony (Rev. 12/11). You overcome Satan by two ways: first, the blood of Jesus and second, by you speaking the testimony that the blood provides for you. When a lawyer brings a case to court he brings to the stand witnesses to testify. Well, you are the witness to testify to what the blood has done for you. Testify that the blood cleanses you from sin. Testify that the blood frees you from Satans power. Testify that the blood heals all your diseases. Testify to the goodness of God because of the blood. Without your testimony, Christ, who is your advocate-lawyer cannot help you with your case. Your testimony is essential to winning the victory.