Covenant Equals Loyalty

Now, the essence of covenant is not theological knowledge – it’s loyalty. That’s the key word. The evangelical church has, I think, unintentionally completely misrepresented what it is to believe in the Christ. Believing has become the acceptance of a theological system or a set of doctrines. But I want to say emphatically, both in Hebrew and in Greek, the Old Testament and the New, the basic word for a believer describes character, not intellect. And if you’re to sum it up in one word it is LOYALTY.