This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you

1)            I watched two well-known pastors teach on ‘covenant’ and the seated congregation of each auditorium, no doubt, believed, as each pastor taught, “God does not enter into covenant with any man.” Hear one of them, “Rubbish! They’ve lied to you for so long. No Christian is in covenant with God. I’ve thought so, for so long. But, suddenly, in the Scriptures I’ve found that it’s hogwash,” says Dr. Chris Oyakhilome. This man has PHD in theology. If he had struggled with the fact that “no Christian is in covenant relationship with God,” then his doctorate degrees in theology should come under serious scrutiny. This same Oyakhilome taught that it does not constitute a sin for a Christian to smoke cigarette. Of course, there is no documented scriptural legislation against smoking, but we understand that God expects every child of the Divinity to take good care of his health. Any person of Christianity who decides to take a puff of the lighted tobacco does that, definitely, without the joyous consent of the Holy Spirit, Who dwells not in the lungs filled with the nicotine and tar. The Spirit of God dwells in the inner most spirit of the regenerated Christian, but the puff is sacrilege to His occupation of the redeemer’s person. A smoker is evidently suffering from unholy addiction. Will the Holy Spirit lead one to the habit of smoking? Is the circumvention of the Holy Spirit’s leading not tantamount to waywardness? Is waywardness not a missing of the mark of Divine ethical standards? Selah! This same Oyakhilome said that there is nothing wrong with masturbation. Please, search for my post titled: MASTURBATION (1st part); click on this link https://hoojewale.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/masturbation-1st-part … and it takes you there. The second person, whose eisegetical faux pas notoriety is unparalleled, is Dr. Abel Damina, and referring to Christians, roared, “We are not covenant children of God,” repeatedly. Damina rather believes, “we are in a family.” I have taken time to do some publications on Damina: “Dr. Abel Damina Taught That Enoch And Elijah Did Truly Die” and yet to be published “Didactic Incongruity With The Scripture” this link will take you to the already published https://hoojewale.com/2024/02/05/dr-abel-damina-taught-that-enoch-and-elijah-did-truly-die-1/.

An idiosyncratic eisegesis of Damina is: “God did not tell Noah to build an ark.” So, I present the Scriptural documentation found in Genesis 6:11-18 11) “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12) And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13) And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14) Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15) And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16) A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17) And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.” Noah could not even claim to be the architectural designer of the ark. God chose the materials and specifications for the ark.

Looking at Dr Damina going through eisegetical faux pas, what I see dancing on his mug most times is maniacal enjoyment. Abel Damina is happy spreading biblical didacticism à la esotericism. The kind of people who blatantly engage in eisegetical teachings of the Bible are those under the employment of arcaneness of Satanism.

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark (Gen 6:18)

The first time we see ‘covenant’ in the Bible is in the eighteenth verse of Genesis chapter 6, “But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.” Who is the ‘I’, and who is the ‘thee’ of this verse? In the Scriptural discourse between God and His prophet, Noah, the ‘I’ is none other than the LORD God Himself. ‘Thee’ is in reference to Noah. Covenant always attracts two parties. The word ‘covenant’ is the Hebrew berı̂yth (ber-eeth’): ‘a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); agreement, divine ordinance with signs or pledges.’ We, definitely, are in perilous times, as Paul of Tarsus puts it in the holy writ. Does the Mosaic couch not read expressly, quoting the LORD God, “But with thee will I establish my covenant”? These pastors must be reading other unauthorized versions of what looks like the Bible. Many there are, battling with ear itchy syndrome. The likes of Oyakhilome and Damina do not rest day and night sourcing eisegetical scratches to ease itches of unfortunate ears. Why is there not found in Scripture of Divine covenant with angels or other pre-Adamic beings? Divine covenant is only for humans, and for just one reason: the soteriological quiddity. Period!

When Adam sinned and fell spiritually, what did God do? The LORD God went into another compact with the Adamic reality. He showed Adam how to escape His fiery and righteous indignation. God killed two animals; blood which flowed to cleanse them was looking into the futuristic Golgotha substitutionary death. The skins made He into clothing of righteousness, prefiguring the eventual righteousness found only in Jesus.

Get born again by saying this simple prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”

(…to be continued…)

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