A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.
A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.
God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us.
In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.
I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.
One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.
If one accepts the terms of the covenant and obeys God's law, he or she receives the blessings associated with the covenant.
God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.
Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.
At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.