Week 12 · Season 2 · Step 3: Surrender of the Will
Breastplate of Covenant
Bound to God by Grace
Breastplate of Righteousness · Jeremiah 31:31-34
““For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel… I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.””
Jeremiah 31:31-34 · ESV
Big idea
Understanding covenant vs. contract thinking; making a binding commitment to God.
God does not make contracts with sinners. He cuts a covenant in blood. Jeremiah 31 and Hebrews 8 describe the new covenant: I will write my law on their hearts. I will remember their sins no more. Contract thinking says, “If I perform, He will stay.” Covenant thinking says, “He has bound Himself to me in Christ, therefore I can walk.
Read your signed covenant with God every morning. When you feel like quitting, remember it is sealed by Christ’s blood. Identify one area still running on contract rather than covenant, and pray the promises over yourself at night.
Spiritual practice
Read your signed covenant with God every morning.
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