LITTLETON, Colo. -- If God is in Control, Then Why…?
By Craig Hill; 295 pages
Regular Price: $15.00
Excerpt from Craig Hill’s Blog “Covenant vs. Contract” published on August 27, 2013.
When you were born again, did you enter into a contract or a covenant with the Lord? Do you know the difference? If you don’t, you should, because it will determine your perspective of God and His relationship with you.
A contract says, “If you keep your part of the agreement, I will keep my part of the agreement. However, if you fail to keep your word, I am released and no longer obligated to keep mine.” It’s bilateral, conditional, revocable and dissoluble.
A covenant says, “I will keep my word and do what I said, whether you do or not.” It is unilateral, unconditional, irrevocable and indissoluble. And the most solemn covenant of all is one that has been established through the shedding of blood.
Virtually all the religions of this world equate God’s blessing and acceptance with self-righteousness. They treat their relationship with God like a contract. The problem is that the believer can never live up to the contractual agreement and therefore can never receive the blessing.
Biblical Christianity on the other is a true blood covenant made by God through the sacrifice of Jesus. By grace through faith we are saved. By His stripes we are healed and through His poverty we are made rich. God has literally exchanged our unrighteousness for the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus.
It’s so simple, and yet so difficult for our human mind to accept. We can’t earn it and we don’t deserve it. We must simply receive it.
Read more about this in Craig Hill’s book, If God is in Control Then Why?
About the Book
IF GOD IS IN CONTROL THEN WHY…? (http://www.familyfoundations.com/2013/08/covenant-vs-cont...) deals with that difficult question about the nature of God that plagues the minds of most people. Whether you are a lifetime believer in Christ or you have just begun looking for answers, the question, "If God is in control, then why...?" has probably been one you have heard or asked many times in your life. Craig Hill has gifted insight into God's Word and an ability to teach through riveting real-life stories. This book brings understanding to the issue of God's sovereignty and will set your heart at peace, allowing you to trust a just God in an unjust world.
E-book versions for Kindle and Nook for this book are now available (https://www.familyfoundations-store.com/index.php?page=sh...). Audio Book is also available.
About the Author
Having a specific interest in ministering to marriages and families, Craig Hill pursued an internship and later a volunteer staff position at the New Life Counseling Center in Denver. He subsequently taught counseling and missions on the faculty of the Marilyn Hickey Bible College. In 1987, the Lord raised up Craig as Senior Pastor of a local church where he and Jan served for seven and a half years, until he was called by God to devote his full-time energy to the ministry of Family Foundations International (http://www.familyfoundations.com/).
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