Walking Through the Covenant: God's Promise of Salvation - Pastor Jon, March 8th

This sermon explores the profound significance of God's covenant with humanity through the lens of ancient Near Eastern treaty practices. Pastor Jon examines how God established a unique covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15, where God alone walked through the cut animals, signaling that He would bear the full consequences if the covenant was broken. The message traces this covenantal thread through Scripture, showing how Israel repeatedly broke their covenant with God, yet God provided the ultimate solution through Jesus Christ. Rather than destroying humanity for covenant-breaking, God chose to be "crushed" Himself through Christ's sacrifice. This new covenant, prophesied in Jeremiah 31, is not based on external laws and rituals but on an intimate relationship where God writes His law on human hearts. The sermon emphasizes that salvation comes not through our ability to keep covenant but through God's grace in keeping it for us.