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God’s covenant is established entirely by Himself, not along with the co-operative effort of man. Not God and man, but God alone establishes His covenant. “I will establish My covenant” (Genesis 6:18), the Lord insists. “I will make an everlasting covenant of peace with you” (Isaiah 55:3). “I will m
God's Covenant with Man Unilateral
A second view of the covenant to which we would call attention is that which conceives of the covenant as a contract or mutual agreement, with mutual stipulations and obligations. Prof. Berkhof's definition of the covenant, virtually the same as the definition of the late Prof. Ten Hoor (page 121 of
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. Genesis 6:18 There is nothing so beautiful and precious to us as is the truth of God's covenant. It is good to be reminded of this glorious truth from time
God's covenant, first of all, means that Jehovah is a covenant God in Himself. The Triune God, even apart from any relation to the creature, lives a covenant life. That life is based on absolute unity of being, of nature, and of life, on the one hand, and on threeness of persons, on the other hand.
Ever since the time of the Reformation, the covenant was defined as an agreement between God and man. The general idea was that God and man came together and joined in an agreement on a certain policy and procedure for the future—much like two nations sign a peace treaty after years of war. Man and
From this follows that it is very really God's covenant. It is entirely in harmony with Scripture to speak of God's covenant, for God Himself repeatedly refers to it as "My covenant," To mention a few places, see Gen. 6:18; 9:9; 17:2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 19; Ps. 89:34. In other passages it is referred to a
The covenant is not a contract between God and man, but is a living fellowship between them. God alone establishes his covenant with us. The second part of the covenant is the fruit of the establishment or new obedience. Hence God establishes His covenant and He adopts us as heirs through Jesus Chri
He regarded the covenant as a framework, a sphere in which God gathers His church in the line of successive generations of believers. He held that all baptized children of believing parents are included in the covenant and receive the covenant promise: “I will be thy God.” But this is a conditional
April 2007 39 This covenant is unilateral. God sovereignly establishes His covenant, as is plain from the manner in which He established it with Abraham (Gen. 17:7)—“I will establish my covenant between me and thee….” In Genesis 15, God confirmed the covenant by passing symbolically between the div