Sunday School Lesson
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have an instance in which God
makes a covenant with his
"elect," with the people he has
chosen to walk with him
through history. This covenant
will be renewed in successive
generations until and even alter
the Sinai covenant.
What the Scripture Says to U?
Think for a moment of the
kind of faith it took for Abra
ham to act upon God'a prom
ises. Abraham was so sure of
God'a leading that he never
wavered. Because of Abraham's
1 willing obedience, he is still the
j person who best illustrates for
| us what we mean by a life of
faith. j
He accepted God's purpose
for his life though he could not
see the distant end. What would
it require of us to enter into
such a covenantal relationship
with God? Dare we trust God
| enough to follow where he
leads us?
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; The Covenantal Relationship
| God still speaks to men and
I women who keep open the
channels of communication be
tween themselves and God.
, What is he trying to say to us
about the conditions in our
city? Is it possible that he
wants to enter into a covenant
with us to further the meaning
and practice of brotherhood in
our city streets, in business
transactions, in all personal re
lationships'! Do we hear? How
do we respond? If we listen
carefully, God may help us find
new patterns and new media
for expressing his will. I
Do you see God at work in
the events and happenings of i
your life and nation? I
None of us would deny that
God made a "new covenant"
with his people ("the new Is
rael" ? that is, the Christian '
church) in his action in the
life, death, and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. But often we
seem to forget that Christians
throughout the ages after New
Testament times have also un
derstood God to be making new
covenants with them.
For example, John Winthrop
? Christian gentleman and Pur
itan magistrate who later be
came governor of Massachu
setts Bay Colony ? spoke to the
people who crossed the Atlantic
with him. Those who had un
dertaken this voyage to New
England, said Winthrop, had en
tered into a covenant with God.
He said, "We have drawn up
indentures with the Almighty,
wherefore if we succeed and do
not let ourselves get diverted
into making money, He will re
ward us. Whereas if we fail, il
we fall to embrace this present
world and prosecute our carnal
! intentions, seeking great thing*
| for ourselves and our posterity,
the I,ord will surely break out
in wrath against us and be re
venged of such a perjured
people and make us know the
price of the breach of such a
Covenant."
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