2026.07.05 District Message Week 27
「God of the Covenant」
(Ge 17:1-19)
Genesis 17:1-19
01 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
02 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
03 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
04 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
05 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
06 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will come from you.
07 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
08 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
09 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring.
13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”
19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”
Summary
Gospel of salvation – Answer of the throne – Prayer, 7·7·7
Within this covenant lies the gospel of salvation. Within the gospel of salvation lies the answer of the throne – and this is prayer. The prayer being done now is not ordinary; it works even to future generations.
Genesis 37:11 What happened when Jacob held something in his heart and prayed? The prayer about the gospel of salvation and the gospel of the covenant – Abraham at first did not know, so he kept praying wrong prayers, but when he began to build an altar, different prayer, 7·7·7 prayer began. The Bible from the beginning spoke of the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne.
Exodus 2:1-10 The prayer Jochebed prayed brought about something 80 years later. The timetable is in God’s hands.
1 Samuel 1:9-11 Hannah kept going on about grievance rather than prayer, then one day she realized and began to pray.
Daniel 6:10 Daniel always prayed as a habit, and God gave him wisdom to change the world. Though sentenced to death, a person who knows prayer does not fear.
Acts 1:14 Holding this covenant, the church leaders and congregation members devoted themselves to prayer.
Acts 2:1-4 When the day of Pentecost had fully come. That is the answer.
Revelation 8:3-5 – Our prayers are stored at the throne. Don’t be deceived, don’t be shaken, just hold the covenant.
Daniel 10:10-20 – From the first day you knelt, the sending has occurred.
Psalm 103:20-22 – You angels who carry out his commands, who heed the voice of his word, praise the Lord. You his servants who do his will, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
▷ The sick should not worry and experience what 24 is. Experience what prayer 25 creates. Experience what the commemorative work called eternity is like. If Remnants know what prayer is, they succeed academically and 300% comes out. Adults come to know, like Moses, Elijah, and Hannah, what the answer is. If you know this prayer, morning time becomes time to conquer the universe, daytime becomes time to conquer what is visible and what is spoken and the world, and as the day passes it becomes time to conquer the future where 300% is built.
▣ Introduction_ The God of Covenant
God is the God of covenant. There is no more certain evidence than this. In John 1:1, “the Word is God.” He is the God of covenant. More than 7,000 great events have been fulfilled. Now only one remains: Christ will come as the returning Lord.
▣ Main
1. Fulfillment of the covenant – God gives the covenant and fulfills it.
2. He accomplishes all things centered on the covenant.
3. If you are enjoying the covenant – If you do not miss God’s covenant, it will surely be fulfilled. He even changed their names. This means “do not forget.”
Genesis 17:1-2 God acts in all things to fulfill the covenant.
Genesis 17:3 He acts with power toward those who hold this covenant. He gives us the identity, authority, and background through which God’s power is manifested. The covenant we hold will surely save the next generation.
▣ Conclusion
1. My covenant – Today God still gives me my covenant.
2. Bartizan, journey, guidepost – This covenant will surely accomplish the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne.
3. Brain, soul, throne – This covenant is surely imprinted in your mind, thoughts, and brain. It is imprinted in the soul, which is the center of your mind and thoughts. And this is imprinted in the throne.
▷ God’s Spirit dwells in our souls. Even when our soul departs, it dwells there. So when the soul departs, people say “passed away” rather than “died.”
Transcript
Next week’s district study is the God of Covenant.
“The God of Covenant” → [Gospel of Salvation – Answer of the Throne – Prayer]
Within this covenant lies the gospel of salvation. This is important. Within this gospel of salvation lies the answer of the throne. This is prayer. People who don’t know this don’t realize the significance of sitting here. Many people in the Bible – the elders, older men and women – were praying, right? They didn’t know how important that was. The prayer you are doing right now is not ordinary; it works even to future generations.
Genesis 37:11
Genesis 37, verse 11. Jacob held something in his heart and prayed – you know what happened, don’t you? This is prayer. So the prayer you offer today is extremely important and also a new grace.
(Genesis 17:1-19)
Genesis 17, verses 1 through 19.
Abraham at first did not know what prayer about the gospel of salvation and the covenant of the gospel was. So he was praying but kept praying wrong prayers. He was so anxious. He was praying things like “how are we going to eat and live?” Later, when Abraham began to build an altar, a different prayer began. True prayer began.
[7·7·7]
Jesus completed it, but the Bible from the beginning speaks of the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne. Other prayers become wrong prayers.
Exodus 2:1-10
What did this prayer of Jochebed create? Nobody knows. It happened precisely. One day it happened, 80 years later. Sometimes it happens immediately, but sometimes it’s after sitting and waiting 80 years. The timetable is in God’s hands.
1 Samuel 1:9-11
At first Hannah kept going on about grievance rather than prayer. She kept talking about her bitterness. That’s not prayer. It’s grievance. Right? One day she realized and began to pray. You know what happened, don’t you? This is prayer. This is prayer that enjoys the gospel. So a person who knows this – worshiping on Sunday is the greatest time. People who know this set aside everything else and still worship. How thankful is that?
Daniel 6:10
A person who knows prayer. Daniel prayed as a habit. Daniel knew this and always prayed habitually, and God gave him wisdom to change the world. Problems do arise. He was sentenced to death. A person who knows prayer does not fear. Rather, he prayed with thanksgiving. Though sentenced to death. Right? What happened afterward, the whole world came to know. So today, you are truly praying the prayer that contains the gospel holding the covenant, which is what God wants.
Acts 1:14
Holding this covenant, the church leaders and congregation members continued right through to “they devoted themselves to prayer.”
Acts 2:1-14
Today is our Harvest Thanksgiving Festival. “When the day of Pentecost had fully come” – that’s what it said. That is the answer.
[Revelation 8:3-5]
In Revelation 8, verses 3 and 5, your prayers are stored at the throne. Don’t be deceived, don’t be shaken even if answers don’t come quickly, just hold the covenant.
[Daniel 10:10-20]
Daniel 10, verses 10 and 20 – there is an important record in the Bible. It’s what the archangel said. He said it to Daniel. “From the first day you knelt, the sending has occurred.” People in the world absolutely can’t know this.
[Psalm 103:20-22]
David, who received the most prayer answers of any king, said: “Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.” And further it says “Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.” And verse 22, “Praise the Lord, all his works” – this combines what was said before about angels and heavenly hosts. “Angels, heavenly hosts, praise the Lord.” David in fact had the authority to command the angels. Praise the Lord.
Prayer is something immense. If you could spend an entire day in prayer comfortably, so many things in the world around you would look different. Right? Our deaconesses, elders, senior members – spending a comfortable day in prayer, you need to recover much strength. The sick should not worry, and experience what 24 is. Experience what prayer 25 creates. Experience what the commemorative work called eternity is. Simply put, it’s not about “doing prayer” – simply put, it’s being inside an enormous happiness.
In one sense saying “let’s pray” – “let’s do prayer” – may not even be the right expression. Right? The only reason it’s expressed that way is because there’s no other way to put it; but to be precise, that’s not it. It’s dwelling in God’s greatest power. Right? That’s what’s needed. Prayer as an act is not what’s needed; that is what’s needed. We cannot evangelize the world, but world evangelization must be done. So it was said “I will be with you through the throne’s power.” Right? That is knowing through prayer. “Give him no rest” – that was the expression used. How does the Lord rest? Are we waking him up? That’s not what it means. That’s how it was expressed. To put it precisely, this is what it means: the Lord does not rest, so enjoy that blessing.
If you know what true prayer – the prayer that really gains strength – is, our Remnants succeed academically and 300% comes out. If adults know prayer, like Moses, Elijah, and Hannah, you come to know what the answer is. If you know this prayer, morning time is time to conquer the universe – holding all authority in heaven and earth, I will be with you. Daytime, the many visible things, spoken prayer is time to conquer the world. To the ends of the earth you will be my witness – that’s the process. Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria. As day after day passes, it becomes time to conquer the future where 300% is being built. A person who knows this said even death is fine. Right? Even death is fine, they said.
I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today too will be the greatest new day through the power God gives.
▣ Introduction_ The God of Covenant
Why? Because God is the God of covenant. There is no more certain evidence than this. The extent of it? John 1:1: “the Word is God.” He is the God of covenant. More than 7,000 great events have been fulfilled. Now only one remains. Christ will come as the returning Lord. That’s all that remains. Everything has been fulfilled. All according to God’s Word. “Why are those difficult nations like that” – all prophesied in the Bible. Egypt, Persia – all prophesied.
▣ Main
So God’s Word has three important characteristics.
1. Fulfillment of the covenant
God gives the covenant and fulfills it. That settles it.
2. All things centered on the covenant
Second thing to know. He accomplishes all things centered on the covenant.
3. If you are enjoying the covenant
Third. If you do not miss God’s covenant, it will surely be fulfilled. You just need to not miss the covenant, right? If you hold this covenant without forgetting. This is what today’s district study is saying. God gives the covenant and fulfills it.
Now look at the district study. Genesis 17, verses 1 and 2. God acts in all things to fulfill the covenant. In verse 3, he acts with power toward those who hold this covenant. He gives us the identity, authority, and background through which God’s power is manifested. The covenant you hold will surely save the next generation. That’s what it’s saying. And when looking at all things, there’s no need for misunderstanding. It all centers back on the covenant. So the initial “do not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” is a covenant. It’s the covenant of “I will be with you.” Because it was broken, God opened the way of salvation. Because recovery was impossible, He opened the road of recovery. “The offspring of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent.” So even in Noah’s age, build an ark to avoid being cursed. In today’s text, be circumcised – this means do not forget. Imprint it.
3. If you are enjoying the covenant (name)
Now, what is it here? He changed the name. What does that mean? “Do not forget.” That’s what it means. It’s not that all of you need to change your names. “Do not forget.” That’s it. The identity you received and the background and authority God gave – “do not forget.”
▣ Conclusion
Then this conclusion comes out.
1. My covenant
Today God still gives me my covenant.
2. Bartizan, journey, guidepost
This covenant will surely accomplish the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne.
3. Brain, soul, throne
This covenant is surely imprinted in your mind, thoughts, and brain. It is imprinted in the soul, which is the center of your mind and thoughts. And this is imprinted in the throne. When you tell children about Jesus and ask where God is, they say “in my heart.” To repeat: that’s not exactly right. It’s correct in that it’s there, but it’s not. God’s Spirit dwells in your soul. Even when your soul departs, it dwells there. So when the soul departs, they say “passed away from the world” rather than “died.” It comes out. It stays as it is. So this answer will inevitably go on a path that will surely be fulfilled.
Today’s time of worship is the greatest time God has given. If you believe now, when will it be fulfilled? You can’t know. If you despair now, when will the curse come? You can’t know. That’s where you are being deceived. It will surely come. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today may be a day of covenant.
Prayer. May today be a day of drawing on the power of the throne; may the prayers of your servants become times of God’s kingdom coming upon all things; may the work of God’s kingdom be fulfilled in our descendants and in the 237, 5,000 tribes. May today be a day of healing in spirit and body. May all darkness around us be bound. May all curses be bound. May the peace of the gospel of the power of Christ be witnessed throughout all the earth. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.