A lesson on the Covenant of Redemption, otherwise referred to as the eternal covenant. This is the everlasting, intra-trinitarian covenant God made with Himself, whereby the all-knowing and eternal God determined in eternity past to redeem humanity which was to fall, by sending His Son Jesus Christ into the world to be the perfect Mediator between man and God. The determination contained in this covenant within the Godhead was that the Father would send the Son, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect sinless life on our behalf, and then bear the punishment of our sins upon Himself, acting as our federal head. While we were once represented in Adam, and thus citizens of fallen humanity bound for Hell - we who now believe in the Son have been transferred to the Kingdom of Heaven, with Christ as our representative. And so through His perfect obedience and subsequent death on the cross, taking our guilt upon Himself, His righteousness is imputed to us. We were effectually called by the Spirit of God who applies that redemption through the means of faith, which in itself is the gift of God. And now in Christ we have been washed, and are in the process of being sanctified. And one day we will be glorified with Christ; so sure is this promise that God Himself speaks of it in Scripture as though it has already happened!

Through this lesson we gain a deeper insight into several things: the divinity of Christ, the nature of the Trinity, and what it means to say that God is sovereign. God knows the end from the beginning; God does not cross His fingers and hope for the best. Such a God would indeed be no God at all. He foreknew all things, including the fall before it happened; He knew every hair on your head by number before you were ever even formed; and God determined to provide the solution to your sin – to raise us up from spiritual death to spiritual life in Christ. Blessed be our God who is both the Righteous Judge and Merciful Savior! Furthermore, God's love is eternal. His will is self-determined and sovereign, and cannot be altered, nor thwarted, nor even affected by circumstances outside Himself - not by the things of this world, and certainly not the will or efforts of man.

And so it was God’s sovereign prerogative to send His Son in whom He was well-pleased to crush, to satisfy the payment for our sin which was necessary. And so we who are alive in Christ should be satisfied too, because we can do nothing to add to our salvation, and we cannot do anything to fall away from it - so powerful is the saving hand of our Almighty God! Go therefore and sin no more, because if you are indeed in Christ, you have been freed from its enslavement, and your life is now Christ's. Use the time and resources God has given you; be faithful, take up your cross and follow Him. Repent of your sins, and go serve your King.