You have a personal covenant with Christ?
Christ speaks thru his apostles in his church
Matt 18:17
1 Tim 3:15
Yes
And Jesus said His sheep hear His voice - so we don't speak to his apostles we speak with Him personally.
That is what the Scriptures explain to you!!
And it is what happens!!
Yet it is also written about some:
Mat 13:15FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL,
WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,
AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES,
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,
AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.'
So, the question some need to ask themselves is: "Do I hear form the Lord Jesus Christ and have a person covenant with Him?"
Some have never even heard Him personally tell them, "I love you."
The first time I heard Him tell me "Karl, I love you." It caused tears to flood my eyes. So much so that I found it hard to see the upcoming stop sign. To know Jesus Christ is an awesome thing - that He, God, should care that much about you.
He does though, but people reject Him. He stands at the door and knocks with His voice, but many just won't let Him into their lives. They don't believe He exists. Perhaps He died and did resurrect. Or perhaps He did resurrect but is in some far of place called heaven to return someday? Yet it is written that the kingdom of God is in our midst and the King of kings said He would never leave us. So many who read the Bible do not believe it. They deny that Christ can be personally known, which is not biblical at all. They are like those religious people who Jesus said:
Jn 8:47 “He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
They could repent. They could start actually seeking Jesus Christ instead of just pretending obedience to Him!
The good news is that He still is there just waiting for anyone who opens up to Him.
Rev 3:20 ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
A marriage is a covenant between two people, and He calls to His bride and the two become one. Yet those who do not heard from Him are certainly not His bride, His church, His people, His friend!
He once told me:
AS INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN TO A SERVANT, AND WISDOM AND PARABLES TO A SON, AND AS JOKES ARE GIVEN TO A FRIEND, SO I LOVE YOU IS SAID TO A BRIDE.
We are called to be servants of the King of kings. We are called to be sons in the Kingdom of God. We are called to be a friend of God. And we are called to be the apple of His eye. Yet if you are not hearing instructions from Him personally, you are not His servant! If you are not personally getting bits of wisdom like above you are not His son! If you have not heard Him joke with you then you are not His friend! And if you have not heard Him tell you personally, "I love you", then you are not His bride and you have no covenant with Him!!
Still, He stands at the door and knocks, and a relationship is started by a conversation back and forth with someone!