How can we make an alliance with God? - Alliances - TouchPoints
Mark 14:24He [Jesus] said to them, “This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice for many.”
John 14:6-7Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”
Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
Romans 5:10-11Since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
The foundation of our alliance with God is our faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. Only by repenting or our sins and trusting in Christ alone for salvation can we have a relationship with God.
John 12:26Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.
John 14:23Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.”
Galatians 5:25Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Philippians 2:13God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Colossians 2:6Now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.
Hebrews 8:10“This is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
1 John 2:24-25So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.
1 John 3:24Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.
Our alliance with God is a love relationship characterized by faithful obedience. When we commit our lives to him as our ultimate authority, he promises to bring us into his eternal Kingdom and to live in perfect union with him forever.
