Hello all, I hope you all had a great Sunday. Ours was enjoyable. We were in our own church this Sunday. We might be ministering next Sunday in the other church that I have mentioned in previous posts.
In my devotions today I came across a number of good verses. One of them was in Prov. 2:17 which talks about the strange woman.
It reads "Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forsaketh the covanent of her God.'
I am sure this is a familiar verse to many. It got my mind thinking. I am guessing that part or all of this covanent could be referring to chastity. God has commanded chastity many times throughout scripture. However I am curious to learn more about this covanent that Solomon is referring to. As you know, a covanent is something that is made between two or more parties. With God's covanents there is either a blessing or a curse to be had if one does or does not fulfill the covanent. Here are some more verses on the subject that refer to the covanent but that do not answer what the covanent precisely is.
Ezekiel 16:8, 59. 60 "[8]Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covanent with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine. [59] For this saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covanent. [60] Nevertheless I will remember my covanent with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covanent."
I realize that this is referring allegorically to the children of Israel but I think there is an application to individual people. So what exactly is this covanent? There is probably a scripture that does detail it. Secondly, is this covanent one that has to be agreed upon by both parties, namely God and us individually or is is one in which God has laid the ground rules and if we break it we are in breach of this covanent? If you have some insight and some scripture on the subject feel free to mention something under comments. Please note: I would appreciate it if all comments could be Bible based and not based on personal opinion.
Talk at you later.
- Minister Medic
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