The Effort; Blood Covenant Part 20

Please view the video entitled “Keep My Commandments Summarized” before viewing this teaching: https://youtu.be/k7fUP105dLM?si=hnQbSUUg3t5JUYgV

- The New Covenant: The Call to Effort and Abiding in Christ

In this continuation of a series on the **blood covenant**, the speaker delves into the **New Covenant** and the importance of effort and abiding in Christ. The message critiques the modern-day "easy chair" Christianity, where believers go to church once a week and believe that is enough. The video explains that the New Covenant is a call to a deeper relationship with God, which requires daily meditation and time spent in His word. Using the **parable of the sower and the tares**, the speaker argues that the kingdom of heaven requires effort on our part, and that our identification with Christ's death is not an automatic process but requires us to continually engage with God's word to receive it. The message also refutes the idea that being a Christian is a "fairy tale" and asserts that it requires a daily, focused effort to grow in the Lord.

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- The New Covenant requires daily meditation and time spent in God's word.
- The parable of the sower and the tares illustrates that the kingdom of heaven requires effort on our part, not just passive reception.
- God's law is a "plow" that pierces into the heart and causes us to die to our old self.
- A disciple is different from the crowd because they put forth effort in their relationship with God.
- The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure or a pearl of great value, which a person must be willing to give up everything for.
- Communion is a proclamation of our own death in Christ, and should not be treated as a common religious ritual.
- Worry is a form of meditation, and if a person can worry, they can meditate on God's word.

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The video concludes by asserting that the Bible is a consistent story of God's faithfulness and that our relationship with Him is not a fairy tale or a passive experience. The speaker challenges listeners to understand that salvation is a gift received by faith, but it requires a daily, active effort to "abide" in Him and to "listen and keep" His word. The ultimate takeaway is that a true believer is not living in an "easy chair" but is continually striving to grow in their relationship with God, putting forth the focused effort of a disciple to receive the fullness of the New Covenant in their life.

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Found on, nearly every page of scripture, yet largely overlooked in our modern societies, even though it permeates the very fabric of our societies! In this series we will be discussing the topic of Covenant, more specifically, Blood Covenant! join us on this exciting revelation of a biblical truth that takes your relationship with God to a deeper level!
This video is Part 20 in this 29 Part Series.

Found on every page of the Bible, in various different forms, this vitally important subject for christians to understand, is for the most part ignored or dismissed by many. Join us as we rediscover the biblical truths surrounding the covenants of Gods Word!