Entering into God's Covenant of Protection

I want you to know that your safety can be enacted by a covenant between you and God. God said “and I will make with them A COVENANT OF PEACE (Ezekiel 34:25)”, and “moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will place them and multiply them…” (Ezekiel 37:26).

God is saying here that “my protection is only guaranteed you by a covenant. If you want me to protect you, then you must agree with me on its terms and conditions.” As long as you will fulfill your own part of it, He is more than ready to fulfill His. 

What are the terms and conditions of this covenant?

    It begins with new birth: John the beloved said “for whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world” (1 John 5:4). It is only those who are born of God that have the power to overcome the devil. That’s why “…as many as received Him, to them gave He Power…” (John 1:12). Power is given only to those who have received Him (Jesus). The moment you receive Jesus, you experience a re-birth –what we call new birth. And through this re-birth, God automatically bestowed upon you certain undisputable powers over oppression.

Jesus said; “these things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world, ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Therefore, until you are in Christ, you will never have peace. In fact, as Jesus said, if you remain in the world –unsaved, you will have plenty of tribulation. If you want to be an overcomer, then you must be attached to the one that has overcome the world –Jesus.

Jesus said in another verse; “come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). John the beloved speaking again said; “ye are of God little children, and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you that he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). So when you open the door for Jesus -the overcomer, to dwell in you, you become a winner in the world because He has conquered the world.

John was trying to say that new birth enters you into God’s family, and then “ye are of God”. After that, you can “overcome them”; -that is, those out there who are used by the devil as instruments of destruction.

    Purity keeps you in the family: While new birth enters you into Gods family, it is purity that keeps you there. Know this; every child of God was adopted by God and can be disowned at any time when he or she violates certain family rules. The Bible confirms this: “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba Father (that is, dear father)” (Romans 8:15).

You are only able to call God your father in the first place because He adopted you from the world. We were all sinners and dirty (Romans 3:23). Through His mercy, He brought us in, and we must appreciate that. That’s why John the beloved said “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God” (1 John 3:1). In other words, we were never worthy to be called God’s sons in the first place. In fact, John was so amazed that God ignored our filthiness and still adopted us that he asked “what kind (manner) of love is this”.

Then he went on to say “whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not…” (Verse 6). In other words, if you want to retain your place in God’s family, don’t give room to sin. As soon as you entertain sin, you are cast out. After that, he said “he that commiteth sin is of the devil…” (Verse 8). Meaning, sin enters you into the devils family. Sin takes you out of God and hands you over to the devil. It takes you out of the covenant of peace and registers you into the school of tribulation.

John went on saying; “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin…” (Verse 10). Also, “…but he that is begotten of God KEEPETH HIMSELF and the wicked one TOUCHETH HIM NOT” (1 John 5:18).

Therefore, to be free from wicked oppressions, retain your place in God’s family by departing from iniquity. Touch no unclean thing (Isaiah 52:11) because God knows those that are His (2 Timothy 2:19).