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Did God Promise To Make A New Different Covenant? ~
Scripture ~ “Behold,
the days are coming, says the Lord, when
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they
broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in
their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they
shall be My people. No more shall every
man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for
they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says
the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin I will remember no more” (Jeremiah 31:31-34).
“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch
as He [Jesus Christ] is also Mediator of
a better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: ‘Behold,
the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that
I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I
disregarded them, says the Lord. For
this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts;
and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and
none his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for all shall know Me, from the
least of them to the greatest of them. For
I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless
deeds I will remember no more.’ In that
He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old
is ready to vanish away” (Hebrews 8:6-13).
Comments ~ Jesus
summed up the Law this way: “Jesus said
to him, ‘“You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the Law
and the Prophets’” (Matthew 22:37-40).
“So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man
is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and
glorify Him immediately. Little
children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, “Where
I am going, you cannot come,” so now I say to you. A new
commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that
you also love one another. By this
all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John
13:31-35).
Reference ~ You
may be interested in a previous “Abundant
Life Now” 14 post series entitled “10
Commandments Today” (from March 1 to June 28, 2018). “Abundant
Life Now” also posted a 12 post series entitled “Law vs. Grace” (from January 22 to December 24, 2013). The Key Passage in this series is: “Do not
think that I [Jesus Christ] came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill”
(Matthew 5:17).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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