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Covenant comes from the Latin word, convenire
("to come together" or "to agree").
Today, we use the word "covenant" almost interchangeably with the word
"contract."
The "word" you each pledge to the other is your name. You each sign your name on a contract as a "sign" that you'll uphold
your end of the bargain or keep your promise.
In a covenant, you elevate and upgrade your
promise.
Not only do you give your word, you also give an oath, which involves a
higher authority:
When there is a covenant, you give your word to tell the truth
or do the right thing. You've also asked God to help you keep
your promise.
COVENANT
In a covenant, you are more RESPONSIBLE in the asking for
God's help: SURRENDER yourself to God's judgment.
The Bible would be opened to the 5TH Book, Chapter 28,
where the blessings and the curses are recorded.
BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY
The notion of covenant and oaths is crucial to understanding the
sacraments.
Triangular relationship with God and others.
He is forging sacred kinship bonds.
“I will be a Father to you and you shall be sons and daughters to Me"
2 Corinthians 6:18
God is taking the "creatures" He made and raising them to the status of divine children. By His covenants,
the Creator is fathering a family.
The human race is being transformed
from something physical and natural
into something spiritual and
supernatural. Humans are being
changed from merely a species into a divine brotherhood and
sisterhood:
A f a m i l y o f G o d.
By the final pages of the Bible, we see that the New Covenant He made in Jesus has embraced the entire world.
God's divine plan - to make all men and women into His sons and daughters through the covenants, are all summed up in the New
Testament, where God says “All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons God” Romans 8:14
The Bible is not simply a collection of words written over the course of centuries.
It's one book that tells a single story.
The story of God's love for His people.
With patience God unfolded his plan for the world and taught His people the reason
they were created - to share His life with Him, to be part of His family, to be His
children.
Journal1. READ DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28:1-14
2. COMPLETE A 1 PAGE REFLECTION ON “THE BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE”
YOU MUST INCLUDE IN YOUR REFLECTION:1) SUMMARY OF THE STORY IN YOUR OWN
WORDS2) HOW DOES THIS STORY APPLY TO YOU
- Do not write “it doesn’t- use that brain and put some thought into it
3) WHAT IS THE MAIN MESSAGE(S) THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM THIS
STORY