Our Part of Covenant

Genesis 6:22 (NASB95) 

22Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. 

As we discussed yesterday, being in covenant with God does not mean that only God has obligations to fulfill. A covenant relationship is a two-way street – each party has duties to fulfill. That is what we see in this verse. Noah obeyed. Noah did all that God commanded him to do. This is his part of the covenant with God. 

We are in a covenant relationship with our Lord today. But the same formula holds true. Christ has saved us. But, like Noah, we must respond to our calling and obey by doing all that Christ commands the Church to do in our modern day. This understanding seems to be missing from many modern Christians’ understanding of covenant.