The covenant with Christ is an agreement between two parties. Each party is responsible to keep their terms of the agreement.
Christ promises to give you the gift of salvation. Your promise is to love God with all your heart and live with Him by faith believing in His promises.
Nothing can be added to or removed from this covenant. It is an eternal agreement sealed with the blood of Christ.
This covenant is built on a promise and can only be fulfilled by your faith in Christ.
Laws, works, and religion are a deterrent to knowing Christ. Jesus abhors religion and simply asks you come to Him by faith.
Christ seeks your loyalty to Him above all else. He wants you to live in obedience to His voice and appropriate His values in your life.
You find the Living Christ through His indwelling Spirit. Jesus is a Spirit and you must worship Him in Spirit and Truth.
Pray, study His Word, and yield to the Holy Spirit.
Religion cannot add anything to this covenant. The laws of religion were nullified on the Cross.
Christ is not asking you to try and be like Him. He wants to live through you.
Christ wants to make you whole and give you an abundant life.
The overriding principle of Christ is to examine your motives and live by this precept. “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”
This covenant will have little or no value to you unless you seek out Christ for your every need and live by faith in His promises.
The stumbling block is trusting Christ when life turns into shambles. This is where you fail Christ and break your terms of the covenant.
The promises of Christ live forever!
Hal Hollister Ministry 