We enter into covenant with God through faith in CHRIST JESUS!
We enter into covenant with God through faith in Jesus Christ. You are saved the moment you hear, believe, and accept the good news of Christ Jesus. The instant you are saved, you enter into the New Covenant with God — in fact, you become an offspring of the covenant. The core foundation of this covenant is the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf at the cross, and the channel through which it reaches us is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
In fact, we enter into covenant with God the same way we receive salvation: through faith in Jesus Christ. It isn’t earned by works, rituals, or performance. It’s received by faith in what Jesus has already accomplished through His death and resurrection (Eph 2:8-9, Heb 9:15). Once we know and believe how much He loves us — that He gave Himself for us — that revelation knowledge of His unconditional love activates the covenant in our spirit, soul, and body.
Here’s how it works:
Hear the Gospel — what Christ has done!
The covenant is established in the blood of Jesus. Before we can believe it, we have to hear it: that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again for our justification (Rom 10:17,1 Cor 15:3-4). This is the “good news” that reveals God’s offer of reconciliation.
Believe and trust in Him!
Faith is the doorway. You acknowledge that you cannot save yourself and that Jesus’ finished work on the cross is sufficient. You place your trust in Him alone, not in your own efforts (Eph 2:8-9). The moment you believe, you are born again and reconciled to God (Rom 5:1).
Receive Him as Lord and Saviour!
Believing isn’t just mental agreement. It’s receiving Jesus personally — inviting Him into your life and submitting to Him as Lord (John 1:12, Rom 10:9-10). At that moment you pass from being “far away” from God to being brought “near” by the blood of Christ (Eph 2:13).
You are immediately become a covenant child!
The moment you are saved; you enter the New Covenant. You become a child of God, part of His chosen people, a royal priesthood (1 Pet 2:9). The covenant isn’t something you earn later. It’s activated the instant you believe, because it rests on Christ’s work, not yours (Heb 9:15).
The key distinction from old to new is. Under the Old Covenant you entered by birth and obedience to the Law. Under the New Covenant you enter by new birth through faith in Christ. From there, you grow in the covenant by knowing and acknowledging what’s already yours in Christ — His forgiveness, righteousness, and promises etc etc. And one of the main point we need to keep it in mind is knowledge of the covenant doesn’t create it — it unlocks it. Christ’s blood secured it. Faith is what makes you experience it.
Means the covenant is secured by God’s oath. Faith is how you walk in it and here are the key truths about it which will strengthen its clarity.
- God made the New and the eternal Covenant in Jesus Christ through the Cross!
- And God found fault in the old covenant it is obsolete in its validity because Jesus Christ has nailed it on the Cross!
- And God always remembers His covenant, and He cannot break His Covenant!
- And the Covenant cannot be terminated because it is eternal in nature.
- And the Covenant is the base of all the blessings and promises He made to us.
- And our God is a Covenant Making and Covenant Keeping God!!!! And…The list goes on..
Having seen these merits and blessings of the Eternal Covenant in the blood of Christ, you may ask: How does one enter this covenant and enjoy its privileges? After all, entering into covenant with the Creator of the universe is the most powerful act of a lifetime. The answer is simple, yet profound: Yes! Its “You must know it, and you must believe it.” That’s all our part to become the offspring of this gracious Covenant! The bible says it this way..
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
Now, how do we know the truth, and how does the truth set us free in the context of the covenant? Isaiah 13:33 gives us both answers:
“You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!” (Isa 33:13)
- “You who are far away, hear what I have done”
Before salvation, we were far from God — without covenant, objects of His wrath, and without peace (Eph 2:12-13). But when we heard the truth of the Gospel — what Jesus accomplished for us — faith came by hearing the word of Christ (Rom 10:17). The moment we believed, we entered into eternal peace with God. The power of the blood covenant became active in us. The revelation that God has reconciled us through Christ’s blood for the propitiation of our sins, and that Christ’s resurrection declares our justification, transforms our spirit. By the grace of God poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit and the love of God, we become covenant children in Christ (Rom 4:25, Rom 5:5).
So the first part of this verse — “You who are far away, hear what I have done” — is for those who are still far from God. In other words, for anyone who hasn’t yet heard the Gospel or experienced salvation. The invitation is to hear and believe.
“You who are near, acknowledge My power” (Isa 33:13)
Once we are saved and brought near to God, our role is to acknowledge Him and His mighty power. That means remaining conscious of Christ’s finished work and the grace covenant established through Him. We must be conscious of His unending love toward us, acknowledge Him in our spirit as the Lover of our soul, confess Him as our righteousness, and reckon ourselves as being in Him. Because through the power of His speaking blood, we are in Him — and we walk in the fullness of covenant power by faith.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Eph 2:8).
The second part, “You who are near, acknowledge My power,” is then for those who are already saved — for us to walk in conscious awareness of what Christ has done.
Dear friends, salvation is a free gift for all mankind. Every sinner has access to it through faith. And just as we receive salvation by grace through faith, entry into the covenant is also a free gift. The moment you are saved; you have entered the New Covenant with God. God enables you to hear about Jesus through a preacher, media, or Scripture. You receive the revelation that your sins are forgiven through Christ, that He died as a ransom for you, and that He now invites you to receive this free gift by trusting Him. Until you know and believe this truth — that God has reconciled you to Himself and made you His child — you cannot enter or enjoy the fullness of salvation.
Sadly, many Christians live in fear and uncertainty about God’s blessings even after salvation. They don’t yet realize that God has made an eternal, gracious covenant with them — a covenant that carries countless promises and blessings which God is obligated to fulfill because of Jesus and His finished work. My goal is for you to understand how you enter the covenant and experience its benefits without mental struggle. If you don’t know it, you won’t live in it. If you don’t live in it, you’ll remain in bondage. But when you know it, believe it, and receive it — you are free in Christ. The moment you are saved; the New Covenant is technically active in your life. In fact, you practically experience it when you become conscious of it and acknowledge the truth in your heart by faith.
Think of it this way: Christ died 2,000 years ago, and the covenant was established at His resurrection. God’s eternal covenant, written in Christ’s blood, has been available to all humanity since then. Imagine you only come to know this truth today at age 40. Technically, the covenant has been active for 2,000 years. But practically, you enter into it and enjoy its power and benefits today. Before salvation, you were under God’s wrath. Now that you are saved, you are a covenant child of God. The more you know Jesus and His finished work, the more your awareness of covenant security grows in your spirit — and the more it manifests in your daily life. Being with Jesus, rooted in His Word, and praying over situations are vital. But covenant goes deeper than prayer alone.
Because more than a contract, a covenant is an altar where God and His covenant partner give themselves fully to each other, bonded in love. In Hebrew, the word ‘ahavah’ is a covenant word. It describes a binding, unconditional, all-forgiving love — God kind of love that lays down life for the other. That’s why God first loved us and bound us to Himself through His blood. [love].
Once we grasp the depth, height, and width of this love, we too enter into a love-bond with Him and will say: “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2:20).
Yes, my brothers and sisters in Christ — this isn’t a vague system or religious setup. It’s a powerful, living reality in the Spirit and the spirit realm, where God’s assurance to His children declares in existence that,
“Because of the blood of My covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit” (Zech 9:11).
Why? Because covenant power goes beyond answered prayer. Prayer and faith are essential prerequisites, but they are not substitutes for covenant power. A covenant relationship is a lifelong, unbreakable oath that God initiates and sustains. Within His promise is His unalterable commitment not only to fulfill His redemptive purpose but also to supply grace and hope through Christ — for you, for your family, and for those around you who are still living in the waterless pit. It works through you, for you, in you, and around you. Together, the all-sufficient God and a believing child accomplish the impossible.
Again let me tell you this fact. knowledge of the covenant doesn’t create it — it unlocks it. The covenant was secured by Christ’s blood. But our childlike trust in His love or our faith in Him is what opens the door to experience it. Take this covenant truth as a revealed knowledge in your spirit. This revelation knowledge from our loving God activates everything in your spirit [God’s power], soul [your mind accepting the truth], and body [living out the revealed truth].
In reality, it is the revelation knowledge or the intuitive intimacy with our loving father that makes the pieces fall into place.
“…that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation” (Eph 3:3).
This kind of revelation is to understand the significance of the power of the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and the everlasting Covenant He made available to us through His blood! The prison exchange He has done on every fall from our end. This is why the apostle Paul is saying “Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified,” and how he determined “not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” And he will not boast “except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” And the same Lord who is the same yesterday today and forever will give his abundance of grace to each one of us to know Him and to join with apostle Paul to say the same…
So the covenant allows God to say You will be My people, and I will be your God in which everything revolves around Him — around what He says about us and what He says about Himself. And all these because God is LOVE and He lavishes His abundance of grace on his beloved, and we are accepted in His beloved –Jesus Christ!
So in summary let me conclude it in this way: You enter into covenant with God by knowing how much He loves you — that He gave up His life for you. You remain as an offspring of this New Covenant by believing how much He loves you — that He gave us the right to become children of God. And you continue to thrive in its blessings by being conscious of His undying love for you — a love stronger than death.