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God provided a savior and a gospel that teaches us the purpose of life, and He provided covenants to make with Him—with ordinances to signify them.
There’s no consensus on the exact number of covenants between God and humanity. However, there are five foundational covenants that God makes with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, before establishing the new covenant through Jesus.
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about covenants with God. You’ll learn the biblical basis for covenants, how to discern if you’re ready, the steps to take in making a covenant, and how to faithfully maintain your covenant with God.
The 7 steps to making a covenant with God are: understanding the covenant, repentance and confession, accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, baptism, reading and studying the Bible, prayer and worship, and living a life of obedience.
All who sincerely believe in Jesus Christ are in covenant with God. God obligates himself to his covenant partners with many promises, and in turn he requires certain things from them.
Then a covenant is made with the people of God as a nation in Exodus, and this is the one that is sometimes referred to in the New Testament as the old covenant. It is the covenant that predominates in day-to-day existence amongst the Israelites for much of their national existence.
Because keeping our covenants is essential to our happiness now and to eventually receiving eternal life, it is important to understand what we have promised our Heavenly Father. The following is an overview of the covenants we make in association with saving ordinances and suggestions for where you can learn more. Baptism and Confirmation
Once we make a covenant with God, we leave neutral ground forever. God will not abandon His relationship with those who have forged such a bond with Him. In fact, all those who have made a covenant with God have access to a special kind of love and mercy.
Making multiple covenants with God—baptismal, endowment, and sealing covenants—allows us to develop a stronger and closer connection to Him.
Promises, promises. They are easy to make and even easier to break. Often people get themselves into trouble because they make promises they cannot keep. God instituted a form of promise that...