Covenant Obligations: The Nature of a Covenant

Classes of Covenants

Parity Covenant

Suzerain Covenant

Divine Covenant

Characteristics of Covenants

Clear Terms

Commitment

Consequences

All Covenants Have Certain Obligations

Certain Obligations

Luke 22:7 NKJV

7 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.

Exodus 12:6 NKJV

6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

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Leviticus 23:5–6 NKJV

5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Numbers 9:3 NKJV

3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.”

The word “must” [] refers to an obligation.

The word “must” refers to an obligation.

Matthew 18:33 NKJV

33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’

Matthew 23:23 NKJV

23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

It Refers To A Covenant Obligation Of God’s Covenant People!

Mark 14:31 NKJV

31 But he spoke more vehemently, “If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all said likewise.

As God’s Covenant People We Have Covenant Obligations!

Hebrews 2:1 NKJV

1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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1 Thessalonians 4:1 NKJV

1 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

1 Timothy 3:14–15 NKJV

14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

1 Timothy 3:15–16 NKJV

15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.