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1 | Marriage as a Covenant Relationship? | Eph 5:32 | Beja | 206771 | ||
Heb 8:7-13 and its counterpart in Jeremiah has your answer. Yes we are in a new covenant. But as verse 9 says it is one, "Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers." The difference in the two is that the old covenant was as you are asking, full of rules and expectations. But what is unique about the new one is that it has no qualifications on our side. A normal covenant has I will do "such and such" and your part is to do "whatever." The way the new covenant is different is that it has no "our" part. God describes it fully in terms of I will do these things and put my laws on their heart and forgive their sins. We have a new covenant that is not dependent on the weakness of our flesh but solely on God's resolve to save. | ||||||
2 | Marriage as a Covenant Relationship? | Eph 5:32 | bowler | 206812 | ||
beja The new covenant has no qualifications on our side? How about faith as a requirement on our side. This verse you are using applies to Jesus new covenant. I would be pleased to hear how this relates to the covenant of marriage? Each covenant has different rules, promises, and obligations. Are all these things, rules, promises, and obligations, interchangeable between one covenant and another? Has the covenant of marriage changed and are there truly no obligations to keep? Or are you realy saying that marriage obligations will be kept because "God will write it on their hearts"? I am interested in your response. blessings abound, bowler |
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3 | Marriage as a Covenant Relationship? | Eph 5:32 | Beja | 206836 | ||
Bowler, Please see my second post in this thread. |
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