deal/dēl/
Noun: An agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, esp. in a business or political context
This is what I found from the dictionary. It explains how a deal differs from a covenant. That means there is no deal if there is no benefit for both parties. It is never a long term commitment. Maybe there isn't even commitment in it.
Who makes deals? People who want to benefit something from someone, thugs, drug dealers, people who are in trouble etc. it is rare to find people who are in a normal state of life. People who do not like drama will not make deals because deals are cold. They are lifeless, hard. They give a sense of the world.
Satan is the king of deals. He makes deals with us just so we can be fooled and give our all to him and get nothing in return. He will never give something that he knows it is more than what you want. Instead he gives you less. He gives you something that looks like what you want to have.
He will fool you until he gets what he has been looking for from the deal you have made with him. There is only one thing that he wants out of a deal- your soul. He can give all that looks like what you wanted but he would have taken all that matters to you by taking your soul.
Lets look at this:
cov·e·nant/ˈkəvənənt/
Verb: Agree, esp. by lease, deed, or other legal contract.
Noun: An agreement.
A covenant is legal. It is by deed and unconditional. When a couple make their marriage vows, they make a long term commitment: till death do us part. It has dignity, it is strong, it is atmospheric. People who are still looking for fun and who are not ready to settle down will not make a covenant. This is God's nature. A covenant made by God to men is never broken, and it will last even beyond death.
When we make a covenant with God, we are being committed to Him and he is not expecting anything from us. Of course, there are people who come to God to make deals with Him. I give you this and You give me that! That is not how He works. He makes covenants because they are for a life time and it is not for Him to gain but for us to gain everything.
In a covenant, promises action even before it is made. Why? Because he has nothing to lose but we have everything to gain But with the devil, he promises action after something has been done for him. Why, also? He has everything to gain and we have everything to lose.
