God’s Covenant Friendship
Rev. Angus Stewart presents the biblical doctrine of God's covenant as fundamentally a relationship of intimate friendship and fellowship between God and elect believers in Christ. The article traces the covenant formula throughout Scripture—from the promise of Christ in Genesis through its eternal fulfillment in Revelation—emphasizing how believers are united to the Triune God through Christ and the Holy Spirit in a bond comparable to marriage, fatherhood, and reconciliation. This accessible exposition grounds the covenant in Trinitarian theology and Christological redemption, offering pastoral encouragement for understanding the believer's relationship with God.
Rev. Angus Stewart (originally published in the “Paper Pulpit” of the Ballymena Times) The covenant that God makes with elect believers in Jesus Christ is a warm and loving relationship of friendship and fellowship. This is the teaching of the “covenant formula” repeated often in Scripture in many forms: “God is our God and we are His people.” As “our God,” He is and will be to us all that Jehovah is and can be for us. He unites us to Himself through Jesus Christ and by the Holy Spirit. He...