Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Lovingkindness and Truth

Psalms 25:10
All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Is it true? Can it possibly be so simple, that the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies? But what covenant?

The Lord did not make a covenant with my fathers, for I am not of the blood line of Abraham, Isaac or Jacob. However, there was a promise that through Abraham the Lord would bless all the families of the earth. This promise has been fulfilled in the person of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said in Matthew 5:17, “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”

Jesus is the fulfillment of the covenant the Lord made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jesus is the fulfillment of the covenant that the Lord made with the sons of Israel in the desert. Jesus is the fulfillment of the covenant that the Lord made with David, that one of his descendants would set eternally on the throne. Jesus is the fulfillment of the new covenant that the Lord promised through the prophet Jeremiah 31:33-32, “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.”

The new covenant is the body of Jesus Christ broken and His blood poured out as a sin sacrifice for all who have repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ.

Yes, it is true! It is so simple, that the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies; so have repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ. All authority has been given to Jesus in heaven and on earth. (Mt. 28:18) Therefore, Jesus Christ is Lord!