Testimony Chapel

WEDNESDAY BIBLE SEARCH 🔎
TOPIC: Covenants
Genesis 9:9–19📖

What really is Biblical covenant?
Covenants are contracts or agreement between two or more people. They can either be verbal or symbolic.

Purpose of covenants
1. God wants to have a dealing with mankind. Hebrews 13:20📖
2. God intends to communicate with us through covenants.
3. It is by covenant that we are guaranteed eternal life.

God's Covenants with men of old
Jeremiah 31:33📖

*The Adamic covenant*
This refers to the covenants God made with Adam. The first covenant with Adam was made in the garden of Eden when God gave Adam responsibility of the garden. The second was the cursed pronounced against mankind after the fall of Adam.

*The Noahic covenant*
This refers to God's covenant with Noah. This covenant was made following the departure of Noah and his family from the ark. The token of this covenant was the rainbow.

*The Abrahamic covenant*
This is the covenant God has with Abraham. He personally promised He would make his name great and through him, he'd have multiple descendants and would be the father of many nations.

*The Palestinian covenant*
This is a covenant of discipline made between God and Israel. He promised to scatter them if they disobey Him and gather them back and restore if they choose to obey Him. One of the longest captivity was the Babylonian captivity.

*Davidic covenant*
This is God's covenant with David. How God promised to bless the family line of David and assured Him an everlasting Kingdom. Our Lord Jesus is from the line of David.

*Mosaic covenant*
The covenant with Moses was a conditional covenant. Blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.

*The New covenant*
This covenant found in Jeremiah 31:31-34 promises God would forgive sin and have a close relationship with His people. Under this covenant, Jesus died in place of sinners and His blood is available as a token of covenant. This covenant offers a new way to forgiveness. This covenant is obtained by faith.

Remain blessed ❤️‍🩹

The Mystery of Faith— An Instrument for Divine Leading BY PST Matthew Okoh
Text: 1 Tim 3:9, Hebrews 3:3-9📖

Description of Faith
Faith is the foundation of Christian life and the principle that brings us to Jesus. It is the currency of a believer. Mark 9:23📖
Faith works where we cannot see. Hebrews 11:3📖 Faith predicts the future. Psalms 27:13, Mk 11:24📖
Faith is the act of declaring and decreeing. Faith is the pillar of salvation. Ephesians 2:8

Stages of Faith
1. The first stage is the faith that secures our salvation.
2. The second stage is the practical art and science of believing that enables one to hold on to God.
3. The third stage is faith as the lifestyle of a believer. It is when faith becomes a daily lifestyle that cannot be stopped.

Remain blessed ❤️‍🩹

WEDNESDAY WORD ENCOUNTER 📖
Topic: Maximizing Your Life ⬆️
2 Peter 1:5-6📖

To maximize means to expand or to make as large as possible.

Keys to Maximizing one's Life 🗝️

📌*In order to maximize your life, you need to minimize your load.* What does this mean? Negative habits, patterns, behaviors and decisions are loads that hinder a man from maximizing his life.

📌Determine what is worthy of one's attention. Know what to respond to and what to ignore.

📌 Trim your excesses. Know how to cut yourself off from things that are not working for you.

📌 Take control! Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 3:17-21

Remain blessed ❤️‍🩹

The Rod of the Wicked pt. 2
By Pst Matthew Okoh
Text: Psalms 125:1-3📖

The rod of the wicked is the oppression of the wicked on the life of a man. Nahum 2:2

Prayer points
1. Father, as you raised the rod of Moses and it swallowed that of the magicians, Lord, swallow the rod of the wicked in my life in Jesus name!
2. Whosoever is doggedly saying no to my progress, receive the judgment of God in Jesus name!

Amen and Amen 🙏