Message from Scripture: 10/30/2020

Our message from Scripture today is Gen. 9:11; “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

God is a covenant making God, entering into a relationship with His creation. In doing this, He makes promises to us as His people. Some of these promises are unconditional, meaning God will keep them, no matter how we respond to Him, He will always be faithful. Our quote from Gen. 9 illustrates an unconditional promise of the covenant God established with the earth after the flood. While there may be local flooding, He has been faithful to His promise never to destroy the entire world again with a flood.

But there are promises we have from God in a covenant relationship with Him that binds both Him and us. The gospel age is a covenant we enter in with God, sealed with the blood of Christ, assured to us by our obedience to the gospel, by being immersed in Christ (Rom. 6:3-4). In this covenant, God promises us salvation and the blessings of a relationship with Him. Our commitment is to yield our lives to Him and seek to do His will through the course of our lives. The Hebrew writer reminds us, “And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation” (Heb. 5:9). The word “obey” is in the present tense; it not only speaks of obeying the gospel, but continuing to live obediently to Him, each day. As Jesus said, “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” Rev. 2:10). This is the way to have an abundant life (John 10:10), living in the will of God, which allows us to reflect His image.

What a wonderful God we serve! He is loving, kind, and forgiving. We can trust Him to do His part for us. Let’s be faithful to Him, so we can enjoy these rich blessings, and do what He asks of us in a covenant relationship with Him, because it’s for our good, now and eternally. God bless.

Robert