--- title: "15 God Covenant Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 God Covenant quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best God Covenant sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/adewale-azeez-216393_covenant_whenever-god-s-covenant-positioned-you-w_1220764.jpg" --- > [Whenever God's covenant positioned you ,whoever come against it will be crushed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adewale-azeez/whenever-god-s-covenant-positioned-you-whoever-come-against-it-will/) [Adewale Azeez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adewale-azeez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/adewale-azeez-216393_covenant_whenever-god-s-covenant-positioned-you-w_1220764.jpg) > [“Chosing a life of Sin and dwelling there will cause God’s covenant with you to be forgotten.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-paul-gitwaza/chosing-a-life-of-sin-and-dwelling-there-will-cause-god-s-covenant/) [Dr Paul Gitwaza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-paul-gitwaza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/dr-paul-gitwaza-43160_choices-and-attitude_chosing-a-life-of-sin-and-dwelling-there_2824839.jpg) > [God's covenant with the church and Israel is unbreakable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wilkerson/god-s-covenant-with-the-church-and-israel-is-unbreakable/) [David Wilkerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wilkerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/david-wilkerson-3994_church_god-s-covenant-with-the-church-and-israe_2457799.png) > [The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-goodwin/the-children-of-believing-parents-at-least-their-next-and-immediate/) [Thomas Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/thomas-goodwin-15928_believe_the-children-of-believing-parents-at-lea_2353798.jpg) > [God's love entails a covenant commitment on the part of with us, and that covenant commitment means a promise to be with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scot-mcknight/god-s-love-entails-a-covenant-commitment-on-the-part-of-with-us-and/) [Scot McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scot-mcknight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/scot-mcknight-10650_commitment_god-s-love-entails-a-covenant-commitment_402605.jpg) > [“God’s covenant is his sovereign, freely bestowed, unconditional promise: “I will be your God,” which carries with it a multidimensional implication: therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/god-s-covenant-is-his-sovereign-freely-bestowed-unconditional-promise/) [Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-b-ferguson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/sinclair-b-ferguson-3915_covenant_god-s-covenant-is-his-sovereign-freely-b_2419576.png) > [Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bradford/having-undertaken-for-the-glory-of-god-and-advancement-of-the/) [William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bradford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/william-bradford-32082_advancement_having-undertaken-for-the-glory-of-god-a_1811661.jpg) > [Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/keep-god-s-covenant-in-your-trials-hold-you-by-his-blessed-word-and/) [Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/samuel-rutherford-3289_advantage_keep-god-s-covenant-in-your-trials-hold_3098029.png) > [“At the risk of oversimplification, the unifying theme of the Hebrew scripture is one of forging a national identity connected to God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-k-green/at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-unifying-theme-of-the-hebrew/) [Steven K. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-k-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/steven-k-green-29974_bible_at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-un_1533710.jpg) > [“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-says-i-will-love-you-with-an/) [Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_christianity_when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-sa_358917.jpg) > [“More specifically, the Hebrew Bible tells the story of a people who move away from slavery under Pharaoh—a system that requires many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cullinan/more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells-the-story-of-a-people-who/) [John Cullinan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cullinan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-cullinan-45274_bible_more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells_2186359.jpg) > [“In the Bible, when God made a covenant with Abraham, He removed Abraham from the pagan world. The pagan system was such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celso-cukierkorn/in-the-bible-when-god-made-a-covenant-with-abraham-he-removed-abraham/) [Celso Cukierkorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celso-cukierkorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/celso-cukierkorn-8387_bible_in-the-bible-when-god-made-a-covenant-wi_2076717.jpg) > [“also appears, that these words of God not only may, but ought, to be explained in this manner. For since the decalogue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-witsius/also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not-only-may-but-ought-to-be/) [Herman Witsius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-witsius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/herman-witsius-39363_new-life_also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not_2960165.jpg) > [“As we grow in grace, we become a blessing to the world around us, and the world, in terms of its relations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/as-we-grow-in-grace-we-become-a-blessing-to-the-world-around-us-and/) [R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/r-j-rushdoony-8903_blessing_as-we-grow-in-grace-we-become-a-blessing_1171472.png) > [“When we surrendered our lives to God through the Covenant renewed in Jesus’ blood, we were making an agreement with God to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-dawn-rosenquist/when-we-surrendered-our-lives-to-god-through-the-covenant-renewed-in/) [Tyler Dawn Rosenquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-dawn-rosenquist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/tyler-dawn-rosenquist-127937_quote_when-we-surrendered-our-lives-to-god-thr_2084446.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-covenant/#itemlist", "name": "God Covenant Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever God's covenant positioned you 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God remains an active, though an increasingly distant, agent in this creation of Jewish identity, acting chiefly through his prophets, cajoling Israel into becoming a nation, into being a people of God.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven K. Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-k-green/at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-unifying-theme-of-the-hebrew/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/steven-k-green-29974_bible_at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-un_1533710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/steven-k-green-29974_bible_at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-un_1533710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/steven-k-green-29974_bible_at-the-risk-of-oversimplification-the-un_1533710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the risk of oversimplification, the unifying theme of the Hebrew scripture is one of forging a national…” — Steven K. Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to you, even when you run away from me, reject me, or betray me.' In our society we don’t speak much about covenants; we speak about contracts. When we make a contract with a person, we say: 'I will fulfill my part as long as you fulfill yours. When you don’t live up to your promises, I no longer have to live up to mine.' Contracts are often broken because the partners are unwilling or unable to be faithful to their terms. But God didn’t make a contract with us; God made a covenant with us, and God wants our relationships with one another to reflect that covenant. That’s why marriage, friendship, life in community are all ways to give visibility to God’s faithfulness in our lives together.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri J.M. Nouwen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-says-i-will-love-you-with-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_christianity_when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-sa_358917.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_christianity_when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-sa_358917.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_christianity_when-god-makes-a-covenant-with-us-god-sa_358917.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful…” — Henri J.M. Nouwen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“More specifically, the Hebrew Bible tells the story of a people who move away from slavery under Pharaoh—a system that requires many people to produce more and more with less and less for the few with power, that requires them to give their lives to production in order to enhance the wealth of the powerful (in other words, the “rat race”)—into a covenant with their God and with each other. This covenant lifts up the ideal of “neighborhood”—a community in which the members care for one another, share in abundance, acquire no more than is needed, and especially look out for the poorest or the least powerful of those in the neighborhood (in the language of the Old Testament prophets: “the widow, the immigrant, and the orphan”).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Cullinan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cullinan/more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells-the-story-of-a-people-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-cullinan-45274_bible_more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells_2186359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-cullinan-45274_bible_more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells_2186359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/john-cullinan-45274_bible_more-specifically-the-hebrew-bible-tells_2186359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More specifically, the Hebrew Bible tells the story of a people who move away from slavery under Pharaoh—a…” — John Cullinan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the Bible, when God made a covenant with Abraham, He removed Abraham from the pagan world. The pagan system was such that if you were born poor, you were poor all of your life, and if you were born rich, you were rich all of your life. However, in their covenant, God said to Abraham, “You are going to increase and prosper.” This became the blessing, the rare and dramatic change that took place in Abraham’s lifetime, making Abraham different from the pagans. The pagans did not understand prosperity. 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For since the decalogue, which constitutes the principal part of the fœderal precepts, was likewise, with respect to its substance, given to the ancient patriarchs, as God’s covenant-people, for a rule of gratitude and a new life; and the sum of it was comprised in those words, spoken to Abraham which God expressed when he formerly entered into covenant with him, Gen. 17:1, “I am the Almighty God, walk continually before me, and be thou perfect [sincere];” it cannot therefore absolutely be denied, that that covenant, whose first and principal law is the decalogue, was also entered into with the ancient patriarchs.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Witsius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-witsius/also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not-only-may-but-ought-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/herman-witsius-39363_new-life_also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not_2960165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/herman-witsius-39363_new-life_also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not_2960165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/herman-witsius-39363_new-life_also-appears-that-these-words-of-god-not_2960165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“also appears, that these words of God not only may, but ought, to be explained in this manner. 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