Not exact matches
The
covenant requires that the company
keep a certain amount
of cash on hand, but after bleeding through the holiday period, these cash levels are now at risk.
You will have the assets, receivables, and inventory, but the bank still may not increase your line
of credit because your equity base is insufficient to
keep your leverage ratio within the bank
covenant.
Sinful man was not capable
of keeping a
covenant with a Holy God.
Nothing will stop God from
keeping his promises to Israel and those who repent and become the
covenant people
of the Lord.
The «end is nigh» nonsense posted by IT»S HAPPENING above is actually the Jewish answer to the failure
of their
covenant belief, that held that god would look after them if he
kept his law.
The Book
of Hosea in the OT reveals this same Divine perspective that Jesus» testimony about his Father reveals, a God
of Unconditional Love & Mercy who always
keeps his
covenant with us even when we fail fulfill our obligations to God.
LaBella, I certainly agree that the second
covenant was necessary because virtually no one could
keep all
of the laws in thier own human strength, just as we can not even today.
Regarding your second fold, God Himself is unchanging; it is out
of His Grace that He
kept renewing His
Covenants with man who could not
keep and broke them until He (God) made the «Ultimate Provision» for our redemption by the «Ultimate Sacrifice»
of His only begotten Son, the «Passion
of the Lord Jesus Christ,» the «New Covenant,» the «Good News» — Salvation, hence, the method
of redemption is what changed.
Exd 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning
of the children
of Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage; and I have remembered my
covenant.
Jesus sees the most broken parts
of our hearts that we are most terrified
of being seen — and He
keeps His
covenant to see us fully — and never leave us, ever.
See the answer above — I see the Genesis narratives as God graciously reaching down to an ancient culture in order to communicate to them that he is their creator, that they are alienated from him, and that he desires that they be restored to fellowship through his offer
of covenant with him (ultimately pointing to the need for God to step into history himself as the One who can
keep the
covenant on our behalf).
As for Abraham (and his seed), the obligation is simple:
Keeping the
covenant simply means remembering it, that is, marking its token or sign in the flesh
of every male throughout the generations, by the act
of circumcision.
Other folks in the EC community feel that Adam and Eve are typological figures, such as a representation
of the failure
of Israel to
keep the
covenant.
It is man who did not conform to God's
covenants, so He God out
of His Grace
kept easing off the yoke and ending with the «Ultimate Provision» for our Salvation through the Passion
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the New Covenant.
«It is man who did not conform to God's
covenants, so He God out
of His Grace
kept easing off the yoke and ending with the «Ultimate Provision»»
Thus says the Lord [v. 17]... the men who transgressed my
covenant and did not
keep the terms
of the
covenant which they made before me, I will make like the calf which they cut in two and passed between its parts...
Nevertheless, such sin did not
keep God from promising to remember His
covenant with the people
of Israel and provide atonement for them (Ezek 16:60 - 63).
The world would take note
of what the gospel makes possible for those who confess their dis - ease with each other but still
keep going, strangers locked in
covenant, toward the better country
of diversity and harmony, liberty and love.
The maintenance
of the
covenant was dependent on the
keeping of the Law (Exodus 24:3 - 8).
The fact is, it is Judaism that
kept the Jewish ancestors
of David Smolin Jewish enough to bring him into the world as one marked forever by the
covenant.
Zionism's messianic character is evident in its attempt to end the role
of the Jews as a ghost - people, to
keep Jewry from retaining the status
of an unclassifiable entity, and to reactivate the spiritual purpose to which Jews have traditionally considered themselves
covenanted (NZ 177).
The king stood by the pillar and made a
covenant before the Lord,
keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words
of this
covenant that were written in this book.
For thus says the LORD, «To the eunuchs who
keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My
covenant, To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that
of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.
Nevertheless, the people did not
keep their side
of the
covenant.
In order to get a clearer perspective on the development
of the doctrine
of love we must examine the main themes
of love in the Old Testament, including the
covenant with the Hebrews as God's act
of love, the human love required in faithfulness to the
covenant, and the suffering
of God as a result
of human sin in failing to
keep the
covenant.
The
keeping of the law is man's
covenant obligation; and while the records pointedly represent Israel's acceptance
of covenant as voluntary, they make it equally clear that the nation's redemption — Yahweh's
covenant duty — is to be gained in no other way.
Following Exodus 31, in which God makes the Sabbath the sign
of an irrevocable
covenant with the people
of Israel, Jewish leaders have emphasized its special place in Jewish life and heard in its rhythm the structure that has
kept Jewish identity alive amid terrible adversity.
The other was the necessity to
keep the law
of the
covenant within such remnants
of the state as might remain and under any political regime that might temporarily hold sway.
5 Now if you obey me fully and
keep my
covenant, then out
of all nations you will be my treasured possession.
Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and
keep my
covenant, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom
of priests and a holy nation.
A Jewish person who does good all their lives &
keeps the God made laws
of their
covenant with him is just as worthy
of heaven as a Christian.
I submit that it is in this: these subversive alternatives
of God / church / world must be
kept close to the eucharistic table where we eat and drink in
covenant.
And then, he tried to make a
covenant with God, but he wore himself out trying to
keep the birds
of prey at bay.
There is now set before us life and good, death and evil, in that we are commanded this day to love the Lord our God, to walk in His ways and to
keep His laws and the articles
of our
covenant with Him, that we may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may bless us in the land whither we go to possess it: but if our hearts shall turn away so that we will not obey, but shall be seduced and worship... other gods, our pleasures and profits, and serve them, it is propounded unto us this day, we shall surely perish out
of the good land whither we pass over this vast sea to possess it.
Finally, in the fullness
of time, God
kept his promise to Israel, sending his Son to be the cornerstone,
covenant and Davidic leader
of that new, forgiven, universal community.
This fidelity is embodied paradigmatically in the account
of the
covenant of Yahweh with Israel, when God is portrayed as pledging everlasting care and companionship and asks only that we, the people
of the
covenant,
keep our side
of the agreement by mediating the divine goodness and justice to all (Exodus 19 - 24).
But this is nothing more nor less than the faith
of DH that Israel is a
covenant people, that to violate the
covenant is to make chaos
of the life
of the people and that to
keep the
covenant is to fulfill Israel's creation in order and meaning.
«The Church can not therefore be understood as the mystical body
of Christ, as the sign
of man's
covenant with God in Christ, or as the universal sacrament
of salvation unless we
keep in mind the «great mystery» involved in the creation
of man as male and female and the vocation to conjugal love, to fatherhood and to motherhood.»
The Bible is not about conveying divine principles for starting and managing a Christian business — but is instead about Christ on the cross triumphing over all principalities and powers and so radically transforming everything we consider to be our business... Scripture then ceases to about teaching about biblical manhood and womanhood or biblical motherhood and fatherhood — and becomes instead the story
of how a
covenant - making and promise -
keeping God took on full human personhood in Jesus Christ in order to reconcile this alienated and wrecked world to the eternally gracious Father.»
A defined ritual, that
of circumcision is given as a sign and means
of entry into the
covenant, and formal obligations are needed to
keep the
covenant.
6 «And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name
of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who
keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my
covenant — 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house
of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house
of prayer for all peoples.»
Once we put it out
of our power to reconsider, we have made and will
keep a
covenant with the past, with the victim, our fellow citizen who the government failed to protect from the predator.
We who advocate an unpleasant daily life for the worst
of the worst — serial killers, professional assassins, sadistic murderers, terrorists —
keep a
covenant with the past.
This is a shame, because while Dark Souls 2 did have glaring problems (I'm thinking
of the elevator up to Iron
Keep), it also introduced worthwhile features that are now absent from Dark Souls 3, such as parrying with ultra-great weapons, infusing boss weapons with additional properties, various
covenants, and an entire dueling arena.
For example, it would probably violate the
covenant of good faith and fair dealing for a car repair shop to custom rebuild an otherwise falling apart fifteen year old car if the customer made clear that he only wanted the minimum work to
keep it running.
* Conduct
of the Business Clause: The alleged (almost unbelievable) violation by Harman
of its capital expenditures
covenant and subsequent termination
of its agreement to be acquired by KKR and GS Capital Partners underlined the need to
keep clients alert and informed
of these clauses, as well as for clients to have appropriate systems in place to prevent breaches.
Nonsmokers have filed lawsuits against landlords or fellow tenants on the basis
of nuisance, breach
of statutory duty to
keep the premises habitable, breach
of the common law
covenant of peaceful enjoyment, negligence, harassment, battery, and intentional infliction
of emotional distress; courts have ruled for and against nonsmokers in individual cases.
The Canadian test
of sincerity
of belief is in
keeping with international
covenants that protect religious freedom.
The simple rule is that the onus will be on the business owner to prove a need to
keep some
of these profits in for legitimate business reasons such as a hedge for bad times, money needed for expansion or replacement
of equipment, banking
covenants or shareholder agreement obligations amongst others.
Remember dignity and respect; understanding; not expecting perfection; a sense
of humor and a sense
of what is sacred and serious; common purposes, common convictions, and the character to stay with a bargain, to
keep a
covenant — in these are the making
of a good and solid marriage.»