Short Sermon by Pastor Dr Ng Swee Ming during Watch Night Covenant Service

1. Covenant

2. USES of SALT
 Stain remover
 Smell remover
 Weed killer
 Fire extinguisher
 Prevent ants
 Coffee enhancer...

3. A covenant is a contract or agreement
between two or more parties.
Covenant is how God has chosen
• to communicate with us and
• to make His Promises to us
Our Bible is a “covenant document” - The OT
NT are really Old & New Covenants.
The Latin word for covenant is "TESTAMENT"

4.  Many different Covenants in the Bible
 With every COVENANT that God makes He
gives a visible sign or symbol, possibly as a
reminder :
 to man &
 to Himself

5. Noahic Covenant (Gen 9:8-17)
With Noah
He used a
rainbow

6. Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12-17)
•Gen 17:9-14
•God gave the sign
of circumcision

7. Mosaic Covenant (Exo 19-34)
•With Moses He
gave the 10
Commandments
carved on tablets
of stone

8. 2 Sam 7
Prophet Nathan & King David
 A House for the Lord
 An enduring Kingship

9. • Read 2 Chronicles 13:1-18
• 2 Chro 13:5 Don't you know that the
Lord, the God of Israel, has given the
kingship of Israel to David and his
descendants forever by a COVENANT OF
SALT?
• God gave SALT as a sign / symbol.

10. Covenant of Salt
it is mentioned TWO OTHER times in scripture.
• Lev 2:13“And every offering of your grain
offering you shall season with salt; you shall
not allow the salt of the covenant of your
God to be lacking from your grain offering.
With all your offerings you shall offer salt.”

11. Covenant of Salt
• Numbers 18:19“All the heave offerings of the
holy things, which the children of Israel offer
to the LORD, I have given to you and your
sons and daughters with you as an ordinance
forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before
the LORD with you and your descendants
with you.”

12. Jesus taught in Matt 5:13
"You are the
salt of the
earth.

13. Mark 9 ....
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness,
how can you make it salty again?
(Matt 5:13; Lk 14:34)
Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with
each other."

14. Paul in Col 4:6
Let your conversation be
always full of grace,
SEASONED WITH SALT,
so that you may
know how
to answer
everyone.

15. “New Covenant”
Luke 22 - Jesus at the Last Supper
1 Cor 11 – Paul re-iterating...
Heb 9 & 12 - Christ is the mediator
 The Sign : Bread & Wine

16. Jer 31:31 & 3
31 "The time is coming," declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah.”
33 "This is the covenant I will make with the
house of Israel after that time," declares
the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts. I will be their
God, and they will be my people.”

17. Paraphrase Jer 31:31-33
31 “2013 is coming,” declares the Lord, “when I
will make a NEW COVENANT with the house
of SSMC.
33 "This is the covenant I will make with the
house of SSMC for 2013," declares the
Lord.“
I will put my LAW in their MINDS and write
it on their HEARTS. I will be THEIR GOD, and
they will be MY PEOPLE.”

18. “Covenant of Salt”
“Lord, I renew my COVENANT with you for the
coming year, 2013.
Help me Lord to be your SALT in the world –
• preserving righteousness, peace & love,
• giving Godly flavor wherever I am and
• causing a Godly thirst to those in need of a
Savior.
Lord, season my tongue with SALT to be ever-
ready to testify about you to all who will hear.
In faith I make this COVENANT, Amen”