The power of the covenant (Part 5)
The covenant between Jesus and his bride (the Church) is not based on emotions but on obedience to his Word. Jesus sacrificed himself for us so that we inherit every blessing but in return we are supposed to keep His commandments by submitting ourselves completely.
It is the same principle regarding the covenant between husband and wife. Their love should not be built on emotions or love feelings. The husband must sacrifice himself in loving and protecting his wife in all things while the wife is expected to submit in everything.
A man who biblically loves his wife cannot stand to see her suffering. He does everything to make her happy and to help her grow spiritually and socially. A man who loves his wife must do everything to encourage and make her better. A man who loves his wife prefers not to eat in order to feed his wife. His dream is to see her happy all the time. He can NEVER beat her and cannot publicly humiliate her. A man who biblically loves his wife put her interests before his own and he can NEVER cheat on her with another woman. He daily prays for his wife and children and uses his household head position to spiritually cover his family in prayer.
A woman who biblically loves her husband knows how to talk to him with wisdom and submission. She cannot contradict him in public and covers everything. A woman who biblically loves her husband cannot get carried away in a crazy discussion with her husband just because he does not understand her; she will know how to get her message across without causing damage and will and wait for the time it takes in case her husband does not understand her. She can NEVER cheat on her husband and can NEVER speak badly about him when she is with other people. She always covers her husband and daily prays for him for God to work on his character.
Here is the end of this teaching but I want you to remember something very important: There is a covenant between God and born again Christians. Our covenant is based on the blood of Jesus Christ. God has already given his sacrifice but we must also give back the sacrifice of our bodies as Paul wrote: " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service "(Rom 12: 1) and by Jesus, we must also give a continual sacrifice of praise in confessing his name (Heb 13: 15).
My God be praised for this covenant that binds us
Chris Ndikumana
