Seize the Moment – Day 388
The Promise of Covenant!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, April 9.
After the flood receded and Noah had worshipped God, God did something unexpected. He established an unconditional covenant with Noah. God not only started over with Noah, but God promised to persevere with Noah’s descendants! That’s us!
Genesis 9:9-13 emphasizes the promise of the unconditional covenant that God gave Noah and all living creatures:
“Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.”
This unconditional covenant to not flood the earth again doesn’t mean there isn’t a judgment of sin! There must be because God is righteous and just!
This is the importance of Jesus Christ! We all deserve the same fate as those who lived in the days of Noah; therefore, we each are in need of a savior.
Paul said in Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Amen! Praise God for the promise of covenant!
Seize the moment and receive the free gift of God by putting your faith in Jesus Christ for forgiveness and life.
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse from John 11:25-26, when Jesus proclaims, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”