Covenants Form With God In Virginia
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Pastor Robert Hunt led colonists in the following prayer 415 years ago: “Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth.
Within the gospel, a covenant means a sacred agreement or mutual promise between God and a person or a group of people. In making a covenant, God promises a blessing for obedience to particular commandments.
We covenant to: Come into the fold of God. Take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ. Stand as a witness for Jesus Christ. Always keep the commandments. Bear one another's burdens. Manifest a determination to serve God unto the end. Manifest by works that we have repented of our sins.
Our Heavenly Father not only provided a savior and a gospel of Jesus Christ that teaches us the purpose of life and gives us commandments, but he provided covenants we could make with him.
A covenant is a two-way promise, the conditions of which are set by God. When we enter into a covenant with God, we promise to keep those conditions. He promises us certain blessings in return. A covenant is a two-way promise.
We remember today the 1607 Virginia Beach Covenant. They placed a cross on the beach marking the land for God. They prayed and declared, “We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up godly generations after us.
A proper “covenant relationship” with God requires five major experiences: 1) Faith, faith in Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. 2) Repentance of sins. 3) Confession of sins. 4) Baptism and 5) Obedience, effective operation of all of these means genuine conversion.
Isa ). That covenant affirms God's commitment to creation after the flood. However, while the concept of a covenant may not appear until after the flood, the major divine-human covenants (Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and the new covenant) all support and advance God's creative (and redemptive) goal.
Begin where you are, not where you think you should be. Avoid including in your covenant acts of compassion, justice, worship, and devotion you think you should be doing. Rather include only acts everyone is willing and able to do now. It is okay to include practices you are already doing.
We are disciples of Jesus Christ. God intends to save us from sin and for lives of love to God and neighbor. God has called us and the Spirit has empowered us to be witnesses of God's kingdom and to grow in holiness all the days of our lives.