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COVENANTAL LOVE.

This relationship with God,can best described as:

Covenant is a legal term which talks about binding agreement

between 2 parties.

an agreement between God and his people, in which God makes

promises to his people

Biblical Covenant =

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

~ Augustine

His motivation: Love

God’s covenantal love is: 1. Unconditional

1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us.

God’s covenantal love is: 2. Unfathomable • Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love

for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

• God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us. And that is the most amazing thing. ~ Rick Warren

God’s covenantal love is: 3. Unchanging • Psalms 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is

good. His love endures forever.

• Hebrews 13 – Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever

• Psalm 33:18, 20 - "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself."

God’s covenantal love is: 3. Unceasing / Unwavering • Lamentations 3:22-23 - The steadfast love of

the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

God’s covenantal love is: 4. Unstoppable • Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are

more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Our respond?Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

Our respond?1. Fear Him

• to give him utmost reverence, awe, respect and honor

1. Love Him

Our respond?Fear of God - love of God = legalism, obligation, lifeless religion

Love of God - fear of God = disobedience, cheap grace, powerless life

Both of them guides your “path of life with God”

Acts 2:36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah."

Jesus is both LORD & MESSIAH

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LORD MESSIAH

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LION OF JUDAH LAMB OF GOD

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JUDGE

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FEAR HIM

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FEAR HIM LOVE HIM

Fear God & Love God