Oras ng Pag-aaral 1qtr | Mga Tipan Ng Diyos Sa Atin | Lesson 2

GOD’S COVENANT WITH US

Memory Text
“ ‘Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God’ ”
Deuteronomy 28:1, 2, NKJV

INTRODUCTION:
Amazingly enough, God has made covenants with us, humans. Most are BILATERAL COVENANTS, meaning that both parties (GOD and HUMANS) have a part to perform.

1. GOD’S OLD TESTAMENT COVENANT (MONDAY & TUESDAY)
The focus of DEUTERONOMY is the counsel to OBEY GOD and receive HIS BLESSINGS. MOSES portrays God as One who has the ability, and the desire, to care for His people. And nothing God had asked of them was too hard for them to do: “ ‘For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. . . . But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it’ ” (DEUT. 30:11-14, NKJV). The ISRAELITES were God’s chosen nation, recipients of GREAT BLESSINGS and GREAT PROMISES, but these were ON CONDITION. They needed to be accepted, received, and acted upon.

Further, God asks us to put HIM FIRST in the management of our possessions as an acknowledgment of HIS OWNERSHIP of ALL THINGS and as a demonstration of our FAITH in Him to provide for us. But even more than this, He says that if we will put HIM FIRST, then He will bless what’s left. God says that if we put HIM FIRST, our “barns will be filled with plenty” (PROV. 3:10, NKJV). Yet, this is not going to happen by a miracle. Instead, the Bible is filled with principles about good stewardship, careful planning, and financial responsibility, of which faithfulness to