Creflo Dollar Ministries

The Covenant World

Author: Creflo Dollar

 

Summary:

A covenant is a pledge, a promise or a vow between two or more parties to carry out terms agreed upon. It is similar to a contract, but much more binding. The Abrahamic covenant of God was derived from a blood covenant He made with Abraham. The only way out of a blood covenant is through death.

 

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1. Our understanding of the covenant world will cause us to prevail against all odds.
1. It becomes an anchor to our minds and souls.
1. A tremendous amount of faith will begin to soar on the inside of us because we understand the covenant world.
2. Doubt will not be able to penetrate our minds when we read the Word with the covenant on our minds.
2. Two keys for breaking financial hardship.
1. You must be a spiritual Israelite.
1. In other words, you must be born again.
2. God made covenant with an Israelite—Abraham, and his seed.
2.  You must have knowledge of the covenant in order to reap its benefits.
1. An understanding of the covenant will cause you to be great on Earth.
2. You will win over every hardship you face.
3. Hardship is not the will of God for us.
4. As covenant people we are set apart from the world.
5. The covenant is God’s hammer for breaking financial hardship.  
3. It is God’s will for us to prosper in all areas of our lives (3 John 1:2, AMP).
1. The word “prosper” derived from the word “Euodoo”, means to have a successful journey.
2. Your soul is your mind, will, and emotions.
1. Our minds prosper when our thinking lines up with the Word of God.
2. We cannot appropriate the covenant if our minds are not lined up with the Word of God.
1. The covenant is not appropriated automatically. We appropriate it when we know the Will of God, which is His Word.
2. The Word of God reveals our covenant rights.
4. If we do not know the Abrahamic covenant, we are strangers to it and without hope in this world (Ephesians 2:11-12).
1. The term Gentile originally referred to anyone who was not a Jew.
1. Circumcision was a sign of being a part of the Abrahamic covenant in the Old Testament.
1. Now, because of Jesus Christ, a Gentile can also know God and live according to His Word.
1. Today, circumcision of the heart is a sign of the Abrahamic covenant.
1. The heart here describes the very core of our beings.
2. When we begin to have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, we change on the inside.
3. Unconditional love fills the very core of our beings.
4. This is why it is ineffective to believe only in our minds. We must also believe in our hearts.
5. Many Believers are still strangers to their covenant because they are not aware of their covenant rights, or they do not believe in the covenant.
2. Jesus is the fulfillment of the blood covenant God established with Abraham.
1. When Jesus was dying on the cross and said, “It is finished.” He was referring to the covenant with Abraham.
2. All of us can become a part of the covenant when we believe in Jesus.
3. The Abrahamic covenant is everlasting. God is ever mindful of the covenant He has with us.
4. God wants us to remain mindful of the covenant in every situation we face in life.
5. God gives us the power to get wealth so that He may establish His covenant, which he swore to our fathers – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Deuteronomy 8:17-18).
   1. Wealth here refers to more than money; it includes influence.
   2. Power is the ability to get results.
      1. God gives us the power to get wealth by giving us direction, anointed ideas, and witty inventions through divine wisdom.
      2. He is obligated by His covenant to bless us in this way.
      3. When we establish ourselves in the covenant world, we have access to His covenant promises.

Scripture References:

• 3 John 1:2, AMP
• Deuteronomy 8:17-18
• Ephesians 2:11-12