* When God made a covenant with Abraham He required Abraham to honor it.
* It was going to cost Abraham something in order to enter the covenant.
* For him, he had to cut his junk.
* He had to remove the needless skin from his unit.
* Can you imagine this? He was 99 years old at this time.
* The first blessing from God to man was procreation.
* Now, the sign of the covenant required pain to enter it.
* If Abe didn’t want the pain he didn’t get the covenant.
* For us, to be in covenant with God it cost Jesus His life.
* The price we have to pay is the same - to give up our lives.
* But to remain in the covenant we have to endure the pain.
* Are you willing to pay that price?
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The Cost of the Covenant
The Church was built on covenant
January 12, 2017 • Benham Brothers
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