{"id":5323,"date":"2019-11-22T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2019-09-19T07:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T07:02:08","slug":"another-coffee-break-our-covenant-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-our-covenant-part-8\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: OUR COVENANT, Part 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#747474'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>OUR COVENANT, Part 8<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>November 22, 2019<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>We still have some territory to\ncover before we can get to the Covenant that our early forefathers made with\nthe Lord for the founding of America.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Without wasting any time\u2026.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We have a\nbetter covenant than Israel had.\u00a0 Israel's covenant required the constant\nshedding of blood, and the consequences of their failure to make sacrifice and\nre-enact the covenant of blood on a daily basis hung over them like the\n\"sword of Damocles.\"\u00a0 Jesus fulfilled that once and for all on\nour behalf; and the only necessity we have is to believe His Word implicitly\nand act on it in faith.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Our\ncovenant with the Lord enables \"all the fullness of God\" to be\noperational in every single one of us -- not just some special few like apostles,\nprophets, evangelists, pastors or teachers.\u00a0 Every single one of us!\u00a0\nEvery single one of us!\u00a0 Every single one of us!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I repeat\nit over and over and over and over and over again everywhere the Lord sends me,\nto everyone that will hear the Word of the Lord.\u00a0 Because the concept of\ncovenant is so missing in our society today, and teachers within the body of\nChrist have failed to both grasp it for themselves as well as teach covenant,\nan overwhelming majority of Christians live their lives as \"believers\"\nso far beneath their stations in Christ as to create a horrible and weak image\nof Him to the world today.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\nChristians are fed today as \"salvation\" is a miserable image of what\nit means to \"be saved.\"\u00a0 Preachers stand behind their pulpits\nand preach a \"come to Jesus\" message.\u00a0 That message includes\n\"the Cross\" and the \"shed blood of Jesus\" on the Cross on\nour behalf.\u00a0 Unfortunately, without the understanding of the covenant that\nsent Jesus to the Cross in the first place and the new covenant and testament\nHe made available \"to those who believe,\" folks are left with\nvirtually no understanding or faith to believe that \"<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>all\nthe fullness of God<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\"\nis their rightful heritage under this new covenant.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\"Salvation\"\nbecomes an emasculated experience, devoid of the power and authority of the\nLord Jesus Christ working in them to conform them to the image and likeness of\nChrist, and minus any visual image within themselves of the \"riches of His\nGlory.\"\u00a0 It is the New Covenant, the New Testament working in us with\n<b><i><span style='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:128'>agape-<span\nclass=SpellE>kheseed<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='color:#0F243E;\nmso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:128'> <\/span>that drives, that compels,\nthat empowers us to heal the sick, to raise the dead, the cleanse the lepers,\nto cast out demons: to show the world that Jesus Christ IS our covenant\npartner.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It is the\nNew Covenant that empowers, makes operational, and puts in place the life of\nChrist in a practical dimension in our lives.\u00a0 It is the New Covenant that\nchanges our speech and enables the confession which enacts that covenant and\nplaces it legally in force.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Brother!\u00a0\nWould I ever like to take off on that point alone!\u00a0 Trouble is, it would\ntake me down a path I don't have time for in this particular discussion.\u00a0\nThat will have to wait for some other day and some other discussion.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Earlier, I\nmade the statement that our covenant with the Lord enables <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"all\nthe fullness of God\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nto be operational in every single one of us -- not just some special few like\napostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors or teachers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This is a\ntruth that is fundamental to our relationship with Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Once\nagain, one of the primary concepts of covenant is the giving of all that we\nare, all that we have, and all that we ever expect to become to our covenant\npartner.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It is a\nsad and sorry truth that far too many Christians relegate their relationship\nwith Jesus Christ to \"being saved.\"\u00a0 They think that if they\nrepent of their sins, ask Jesus Christ to \"come into their hearts\"\n(this is a religious clich\u00e9), and get water-baptized, they are\n\"saved.\"\u00a0 OK.\u00a0 Saved from what?\u00a0 Hell?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Sure.\u00a0\nBut it goes so much farther than that!\u00a0 Being \"saved\" has become\na trite religious phrase, devoid of its covenant roots.\u00a0 Being\n\"saved\" in today's terminology is scarcely anything more than getting\none's \"fire insurance.\"\u00a0 There is little evidence outwardly to\nsupport their claim to a relationship with Jesus Christ.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The apostle Paul\nlays a clear foundation for our covenant with the Lord as he opens his letter\nto the <span class=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span> in Ephesus, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>Blessed, Honored and Highly Favored\nis the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who has spoken favor and\nprosperity over us from and through the multiple dimensions of the Holy Spirit\nin the <span class=SpellE>Heavenlies<\/span>;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>Inasmuch as He has selected us to be\nin Him (and in His family) even before the founding, the conception, and the\ndeposition of the world, that we should be pure, blameless, consecrated and\nwithout blemish in His sight through His immeasurable love;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>Having predetermined and planned in\nadvance our adoption and placement as mature and fully-grown sons by Jesus\nChrist to and for himself according to the satisfaction and delight of his\npurpose.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>To the place where we would bring\npraise and laudation to the splendor, preeminence and brightness of his grace\n(that empowerment He provides to accomplish His will and desire) by which He\npositioned us to be honored by, through and with His immeasurable love.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>In whom we have full deliverance,\nriddance (of the past) and healing through His shed blood<span\nstyle='mso-tab-count:1'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>, the total eradication (as though it had\nnever happened) of our sins, our trespasses, our missing the mark, through the\nabounding wealth of His being gratified;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>Wherein and by which He has\nsuper-abounded and excelled toward us in all wisdom and insight<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>Having declared and certified to us\nthose previously hidden secrets and purposes of His will and desires according\nto the covenanted kindness and desires which he predetermined and exhibited in\nHimself;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>That in the administration of the\ncompletion of the ages, He might sum up all in Jesus Christ, both of which are\nin Heaven and on earth and finish them in Him!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>In whom also we have an assigned\nprivilege and inheritance having been planned for and prepared in advance\naccording to the proposal and intention of Him who energizes all after the\nvolition and advice of His will and desire;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#215868;\nmso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'>That we should become the means by\nwhich He receives praise and honor of His magnificence and splendor, those who\nsaw and hoped in advance, trusting in the anointing of the Anointed One, Jesus\nChrist;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(Ephesians 1:3-12, RAC Translation\n& Amplification)<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#215868;mso-themecolor:accent5;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=SpellE><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Whewww<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>!!!\u00a0 What a\nmouthful!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Do you see\nthe framework of this covenant?\u00a0 Let's see if we can spell it out.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>1.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\"He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the\nworld.\"\u00a0 <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Understand?\u00a0\nHe picked us before we ever responded to Him.\u00a0\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>2.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nIt was the motivating and driving force behind all of creation that the Lord\nJesus Christ should have a people who would <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"be holy and\nwithout blame before Him in <i>agape<\/i>.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>3. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\"predestinated us<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(that's an English\nword that poorly translates the Greek, <span class=SpellE><b><i><span\nstyle='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:128'>prooridzo<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>,\nwhich means: to mark in advance, to set advance limits, to ordain) <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>unto\nthe adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good\npleasure of His will.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>4. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>His\nobjective was to make <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\"us accepted in the beloved<\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(<span\nclass=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:\n128'>agapao<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>)<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>.\"<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\u00a0 That's a\npoetic phrase that describes our being incorporated into the agape relationship\nthat preexisted between the Father and the Son as part of their unity and\nfamily.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>5. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis through Jesus Christ that <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"we have redemption<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(a covenant phrase)\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the\nriches of His grace.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\u00a0 <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That redemption <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"through\nHis blood\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nis that which comes through the giving us of His covering, His cloak -- so to\nspeak.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>A side\nnote is in order here.\u00a0 When a covenant of blood was cut between two\nparties, and they exchanged their cloaks, any previous transgressions or offenses\nwere blotted out between them.\u00a0 The two parties regarded each other as\nco-equal to themselves.\u00a0 From that moment forward, any transgression that\nmight occur between them -- so long as it did not violate their covenant with\neach other -- was forgiven and disregarded.\u00a0 If the transgression,\naccidental or deliberate, took place between one of the covenant partners and\nsome outside person or entity, the other covenant partner stood good for it,\nand defended his covenant partner -- if necessary, to the death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now, does\nthat help you understand Paul's descriptive phrase, \"we have redemption\nthrough His blood\"?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>6. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Within\nthis covenant, He makes available to us in abundance, \"<u>all wisdom and\nprudence<\/u>\" (that's an archaic English word that describes\n\"insight\") in order to reveal and explain His \"will\" (<span\nclass=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themeshade:\n128'>thelema<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><b><span style='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:\ntext2;mso-themeshade:128'>:<\/span><\/b><span style='color:#0F243E;mso-themecolor:\ntext2;mso-themeshade:128'> <\/span>heart's desire) according to His great\npleasure which \"He hath purposed in Himself.\"\u00a0 His long-term\ngoal and purpose in revealing His heart's desire is to show us His\nadministration to come in \"the fullness of times\" (at the end of the\nages) as He gathers together all in Heaven and all (of us) in Earth, displaying\nthe handiwork of His purposes and the unfolding of His orchestration of events\nthroughout time to bring a people to Himself.\u00a0 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Wow!\u00a0\nThat was a mouthful!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>7.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nHe has ordained us to participate in and share His inheritance -- to become\nheirs and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, along with all that Jesus has,\nreceives, and will receive.\u00a0 Here again is another statement I'd sure like\nto take off with, but it would sidetrack us from this discussion.\u00a0 Guess\nthis one will wait for another future date, too.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>8.<\/span><\/b><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\n(<span class=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:#17365D;mso-themecolor:text2;\nmso-themeshade:191'>prooridzo<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>) ordained us <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"according\nto the purpose of Him who <span class=SpellE>worketh<\/span> all things after\nthe counsel of His own will\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> so that<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>9. <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nwould <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>\"be to the praise of His glory:\"<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>that is, those who\nbeforehand have trusted, believed in, relied on, and exercised the faith of\nJesus Christ.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:red'>10.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nOnce we exercise the faith of Jesus Christ and implicitly trust, believe in and\nrely upon Him, we are marked with a seal, a stamp of His approval by the Holy\nSpirit, and given a pledge or security (this is akin to the mark in our flesh\ndenoting the covenant) which sets us apart from non-covenant people for the\nfinal day of redemption.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Redemption incorporates salvation.\u00a0 Salvation is a\nproduct of covenant and brings with it covenant responsibility.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>By the\nsame token, the seal in our spirit by the Holy Spirit brings an outer mark -- a\nvisible manifestation -- by which the non-covenant world may know that we are\ncovenanted partners and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.\u00a0 In the same way\nthat Abraham received a mark in his flesh which could have been perceived as an\nembarrassment -- and one, I suspect, he was loathe to share with others because\nof its intimate nature -- we have a mark in our flesh that, for many, is\nregarded as an embarrassment.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That mark\nin our flesh is the mark that comes when we are filled with the Spirit.\u00a0\nLuke described it in Acts 2 as, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\"they were all\nfilled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit\ngave them utterance.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\u00a0 <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This IS a distinguishing mark that\nsets us apart.\u00a0\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Do you\nremember what happened at the Tower of Babel?\u00a0 When Nimrod spurred a\nrebellion in which men attempted to build a tower that would raise them up to\nbe on God's level?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Prior to\nthis event, the whole earth was of one tongue and one language.\u00a0 Nimrod's\nrebellion against God and the arrogant idolatry he led people into caused the\nLord to divide the people and scatter them abroad by changing their ability to\nspeak one language.\u00a0 Whereas before this event took place, angelic beings\n(the KJV describes them as \"the sons of God\") came down and\ncommunicated with men and men communicated with angels, and men had the ability\nto speak \"with tongues of angels\" (I'm paraphrasing this from Paul's\nquotation in I Corinthians 13), the human race lost the ability to communicate\nback and forth easily and to make rebellious compacts among themselves.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The Day of\nPentecost returned to those who were covenanted with Jesus Christ the ability\nto \"speak with the tongues of men and of angels.\"\u00a0 It was\nwitnessed on the Day of Pentecost by seventeen different nationalities and\npeoples who each heard those who were filled with the Holy Spirit speaking in\ntheir own languages.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Thus the\nNew Covenant bridged the gap that had existed between men and God, and men and\nmen, enabling those who were filled to declare the works of God in languages\nthey did not learn naturally, and could not speak in except as the Holy Spirit\ntook their tongues and spoke through them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Never\nbefore in history, since the scattering at Babel, had men been able to\ncommunicate across languages and tongues without careful study of the new\nlanguage(s) they wished to learn and speak.\u00a0 From the moment of being\nfilled with the Holy Spirit onward, those so filled have borne this mark in\ntheir flesh.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It was a singular mark, a\ndistinguishing mark.\u00a0 It marked those who gave their cloaks\n(metaphorically speaking) to the Lord as they joined in His covenant.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let me\ndigress for a minute.\u00a0 I've heard people say, \"If the Lord wants me\nto speak in tongues, He'll give them to me.\"\u00a0 That is a cheap,\narrogant cop-out for people who are unwilling to yield their tongues to the\ncontrol of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 It signifies individuals and people who are\nunwilling to give up their cloaks within the framework of our covenant\nrelationship with Jesus Christ.\u00a0 They elect to withhold that last vestige\nof control over their lives from the Lord, thereby refusing their full covenant\nresponsibility.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It isn't\nthe speaking in tongues that enacts the covenant: it is the complete yielding\nof every vestige of self-control to the Lord.\u00a0 Speaking in tongues is\nsimply the evidence, the outward manifestation of that yielding of their cloak\nand expressing their complete willingness to fulfill their responsibility\nwithin the covenant.\u00a0 Minus that yielding, no \"believer\" in\nChrist EVER gets to participate in the full benefit of our covenant\nrelationship in Jesus Christ.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>If we\nwithhold control of our tongues from the Lord, we deprive Him of the liberty to\nspeak through us at His will.\u00a0 If we refuse to allow the Holy Spirit to\nspeak through us as He wills, when He wills, and where He wills, we lose access\nto the stupendous covenant benefits available to us, in us, and through us by\nthe Holy Spirit.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Wow!\u00a0\nI didn't intend to go there today.\u00a0 It just sort of happened as a natural\nprogression of sharing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Covenant\nis not just a bunch of benefits.\u00a0 Covenant involves a \"Katy, bar the\ndoor,\" pull out all the stops, full-speed-ahead responsibility in our\nresponses to the Lord, who has likewise pulled out all the stops on our behalf.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I thought\nI was going to get to the full picture of being co-equal with Jesus Christ\ntoday, but it'll have to wait for next week.\u00a0 What I'm trying to do is to\nlay the foundations in your understanding so that you have a complete picture\nof just how great and how significant our covenant in and with the Lord is, and\nto help you see what lies ahead as the Lord brings us ever closer to the day of\nfinal redemption.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>See you next week!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'>In case you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment\nof <span class=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span>, our Sunday worship gatherings are\navailable by conference call \u2013 usually at about 10:30AM Pacific.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings available on\nvideo using ZOOM.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on ZOOM, our login ID is 835-926-513.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice-only call, you can\ndial <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712)\n770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in later.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not recorded \u2013\nnot yet, anyway.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>B<b>lessings\non you!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" 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Should you desire to\nparticipate and covenant with us as partners in this ministry, please contact\nus at either of the above email or physical addresses, or visit:\u00a0<\/span><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"\ntitle=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>http:\/\/www.RiverWorshipCenter.org<\/span><\/a><span\nstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>.<\/span><span style='font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We still have some territory to cover before we can get to the Covenant that our early forefathers made with the Lord for the founding of America.  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