2 Chronicles 29:10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. I. WHAT IS MEANT BY MAKING "A COVENANT WITH THE LORD " In our days it means that gracious engagement on God's part to bestow on man the very favour which he supremely needs, and on terms of God's own ordering; and on the part of man, his acceptance of these terms, according to apostolic exhortation — "Be ye reconciled to God." There is implied on man's part — 1. The conviction of (1) the fact, (2) the folly, and (3) the sin of his being out of covenant with God. 2. The willing and entire abandonment of every other covenant under which the soul has been enslaved. 3. A hearty reception of the terms on which a covenant with God can be made. II. WHAT COUNSEL AND DIRECTION CAN WE OFFER TO THOSE WHO HAVE IT IN THEIR HEART TO MAKE A "COVENANT WITH THE LORD"? 1. Be not satisfied with only having it in your heart to do so. 2. Let the past mistakes which you have made through trusting to your own hearts set you upon your guard against trusting them in future. 3. If you make a covenant with the Lord, resolve that it shall be a perpetual one. (John Lewis.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. |
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