Covenant Advantage II

Sunday 10 April
READ: I Peter 1: 3 - 4
MORE LESSON: Eph 1:2-3

For every covenant, there is an advantage. Men in the Old Testament walked in covenant with God and they enjoyed the advantages. In the New Testament, we have a higher covenant of redemption where God has given up His only begotten Son to establish the plan of salvation for mankind. This covenant brings us into a more favourable position. It brings gain and benefits for man and brings man into God's own class. So the New Covenant is bringing God’s plan for man into eternal inheritance with Him, if man will accept the offer of His Son. Jesus said, You must be born again: Jn. 3:3. For man to access the eternal covenant, he must accept Jesus as his Lord and Saviour; and to such is given the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name (Jn. 1:12).
The covenant inheritance that God promised man can only be accessed through Christ Jesus. You need to become a child of God to enjoy the benefits of the covenants God has made with mankind. The Scripture says, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you: I Pet. 1:3-4. Beloved, the hope of living again after this world is by the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And we who believe Jesus will be woken up into a special type of inheritance in Christ Jesus, which is quite different from every earthly possession and inheritance.
Apostle Peter described the inheritance we have in God through the Lord Jesus as “incorruptible” . This means that the advantage we have through the covenant of grace and redemption is uncontaminated, contains no error and can never be corrupted because it is reserved where moth and rust do not exist. It is also “undefiled”. This means that what we get in return for surrendering our life to Christ and by abiding by the terms of the covenant cannot be made filthy or dirty or polluted; it maintains its value and quality. It is also described as that which does not fade away. Our inheritance by the covenant does not lose colour or brilliance, freshness or strength and does not disappear or die slowly or vanish. Dearly beloved, you can see that the heavenly inheritance is far superior to the earthly one. So, nothing on earth is worth going to hell for. Remain in the covenant and enjoy its benefits eternally. The covenant puts a man in a vantage position in every of God's allocation. Remember, God is a covenant keeping God; He will never break His covenant with you.

Prayer/Action
* Father, thank You for bringing me into a covenant relationship with You.
* I receive the grace to fulfil the terms of the covenant and enjoy its benefits forever, in Jesus' name.
* There is an eternal inheritance reserved in Heaven for me.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I decree every satanic baggage that has made my journey in life tough to be consumed by fire, in the name of Jesus.