#EaglesDevotional - COVENANT BREAKERS

“After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me; Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord”
   1 Corinthians 11:25, 27

The cup here represents the new covenant of the blood of Jesus while testament means covenant. In other words, when you as a Christian drink of the cup- the blood of Jesus, you are entering a covenant.

 In 1 Corinthians 12:13, the Bible says, “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body... and have been all made to drink into one Spirit”. All believers which form part of the body of Christ are baptized into one body by one spirit and we drink into one spirit. When you give your life to Christ, you enter into a covenant of the blood of Jesus and also into a covenant relationship with other believers.

When you do things that does not glorify God; when you relate unworthily with other believers, you are breaking the covenant. 

In verse 27, the Bible says, “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord”.

This bread means the body of Christ. What this verse infers is, many believers are guilty
because they have broken covenant. This does not only apply to Holy Communion.
Every time we come together, we eat and drink of the body and the blood.

Christians are breaking the covenant every day and they think it does not matter; there is a price to pay. If you are in the habit of breaking covenant relationship, it is very spiritual and it would affect your destiny.

If you jilt people, cheat, betray, hurt, disappoint people, you are breaking the covenant relationship and your destiny cannot be fulfilled. Be practical and examine your self today.  In verse 28-29 , the Bible says, “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body”.

Do not play with covenant. When you break covenant, you make the body of Christ weak and bring damnation unto yourself.

Prayer/Confession: O Lord, I ask for your mercy in any way I have broken covenant. Open the eyes of my understanding that from today, I will never take the covenant of my faith and my covenant relationship with other believers for granted. Help me Lord to be all that you have created me to be in the name of Jesus.
Further Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-31, Psalm 89:34
Words of Wisdom: All believers which form part of the body of Christ are baptized into one body by one spirit and we drink into one same spirit.

Eagles Devotional: Ayo Oritsejafor Ministries (Word Alive Publications)
Photo: http://centenary.bahai.us/vignette/concerning-covenant-breakers

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