The Everlasting Covenant

The Everlasting Covenant God’s solution to the sin problem is His one-sided promise of salvation “unto all and upon all who believe.” The New Covenant is God’s promise to His people, ratified by the blood of Christ on Calvary, the only Covenant ever initiated and given by God. The sinner finds peace only by resting and trusting in the unilateral promises of God given to Adam at the entrance of Sin. The contrast between God’s Everlasting Covenant and Satan’s counterfeit is seen through out the Scriptures. The covenants are conditions of the heart, not dispensations of time. God’s Everlasting Covenant, “The covenant of grace was first made with man in Eden, when after the Fall there was given a divine promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head. To all men this covenant offered pardon and the assisting grace of God for future obedience through faith in Christ. It also promised them eternal life on condition of fidelity to God's law.” PP 370 “This same covenant was renewed to Abraham in the promise, "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Genesis 22:18. This promise pointed to Christ. So Abraham understood it (see Galatians 3:8, 16), and he trusted in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. It was this faith that was accounted unto him for righteousness. The covenant with Abraham also maintained the authority of God's law.” PP 370 “Though this covenant was made with Adam and renewed to Abraham, it could not be ratified until the death of Christ. It had existed by the promise of God since the first intimation of redemption had been given; it had been accepted by faith; yet when ratified by Christ, it is called a new covenant. The law of God was the basis of this covenant, which was simply an arrangement for bringing men again into harmony with the divine will, placing them where they could obey God's law.” PP 370, 371 Our part is to believe in the promises of God, what He will do in us, and to allow Him to do the work of transformation promised. The penitent who makes real progress is the one who comes to the Lord, saying,-- No preparation can I make, My best resolves I only break, Yet save me for Thine own name's sake, And take me as I am. the unprofitable servant