Covenant love.

Sunday, February 5th.
Covenant love.

“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”
1 Samuel 18:1

Agape love which is the God kind of love have got nothing to do with feelings. It can also be referred to as covenant love. This is the love that is expected to be between husband and wife.

In the Middle East, there is a saying which says, “Blood is thicker than milk.” We Africans say, “Blood is thicker than water.” Now why do they say that? You and your siblings all sucked from the same breast milk from your mother; therefore you and your siblings all have a special kind of love for each other, but when you enter into a blood covenant with someone, you move from Philadelphia which is brotherly love to Agape which is covenant love.

What is a covenant? A covenant is an incision where blood flows. A covenant is also a binding agreement between two or more persons that is sealed by blood. For instance, in a marriage, the covenant is consummated between the couples and sealed when the husband sleeps with his wife. That is why God is against sex outside of marriage because whenever you sleep with anyone you enter into a covenant with that person. And in a covenant whatever belongs to that person, belongs to you. The person's enemies become your enemies, the person's friends become your friends, and the person's problems become your problems. So you can imagine how many problems people inherit from others from sex outside of marriage.

Therefore, I want to encourage you to maintain purity and refuse to yield to the temptation to fall into fornication as a single or adultery if you are married. If you are married honour the covenant you have with your wife or your husband. If you are single honour the covenant you have with God until he brings you the one he has appointed for you.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I thank you because Your love is abounding more and more in my heart in knowledge and in all judgment, that I may approve things that are excellent and that I may remain sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Genesis 2:24, Proverbs 5:15-23, Hebrews 13:4.

Doing the Word.
Maintain purity.