Covenants Matter

by Chuck Adair on March 05, 2024

Covenants Matter

Read Malachi 2:15

Today’s Truth

Malachi uses the language of entering into a covenant as he talks about marriage. When we marry, we enter into a covenant with the person we marry and with God.Our ultimate loyalty is to God and honoring God in how we treat our spouse. God makes us one as husband and wife. Each of us belongs to each other, and we belong to God: "in body and spirit you are his," Malachi reminds us. For godliness to come from our union, each person in this covenant commits to living to show love and give honor to the other.

Discussion Questions

What does it mean to be in a covenant relationship?
Why is a covenant especially important in marriage?
We must guard our hearts. We must guard our hearts in a sex-crazed and sexually distorted and sexually-destructive world. How are you guarding your heart and minds in a sexually destructive world?

Life Application

In a world of throwaway commitments, God reminds us that our commitment isn't just with another person; it is also a covenant with Him. There are no throwaway commitments for God because there are no throwaway people!

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About the Author

Chuck Adair

If you ask Chuck his favorite thing in life to do, he would tell you it is the teaching and preaching of the scriptures and to call all people to engage in the great adventure of abiding with Christ. He desires to connect people with the richness, adventure, and fullness of life that comes through Christ alone and to reach the unchurched, de-churched, dead-churched, and unmoved. Chuck is married to his best friend Kristin and has two adult children, Taylor and Linley. Kris and Chuck believe the quality of their marriage rises and falls, not on circumstances or feelings, but based on their daily abiding with Jesus (Jn 15.5).

Covenants Matter