The new covenant
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· 3 viewsThe fulfilment of God’s purposes of salvation expressed in the covenants of the OT, mediated by Jesus Christ and sealed in his blood. It is a covenant of grace, the benefits of which include forgiveness, a renewed relationship with God and, through the Holy Spirit, an inward transformation that enables obedience to its demands and so ensures that it will not again be broken.
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The new covenant fulfils the OT covenants
The new covenant fulfils the OT covenants
God’s covenant with Noah
God’s covenant with Noah
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God’s covenant with Abraham
God’s covenant with Abraham
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God’s covenant at Sinai
God’s covenant at Sinai
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God’s covenant with David
God’s covenant with David
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Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new covenant
Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new covenant
The new covenant fulfilled in the Messiah
The new covenant fulfilled in the Messiah
“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.
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The new covenant effected through Jesus Christ’s death
The new covenant effected through Jesus Christ’s death
For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
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The new covenant sealed in Jesus Christ’s blood
The new covenant sealed in Jesus Christ’s blood
And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
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The ministry of the Holy Spirit
The ministry of the Holy Spirit
who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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The superior blessings of the new covenant
The superior blessings of the new covenant
God’s grace and mercy
God’s grace and mercy
The blood of Abel cried out to God for justice and retribution; the blood of Jesus Christ, shed to seal the new covenant, cries out for mercy and forgiveness.
A complete forgiveness
A complete forgiveness
“For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
And I will remember their sins no more.”
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Release from the law’s condemnation
Release from the law’s condemnation
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An inward enabling to obey God’s laws
An inward enabling to obey God’s laws
The old covenant was broken because its demands were not met. Under the new covenant the requirements of obedience are not abolished, but in writing his laws on human hearts, God gives the ability to meet the covenant demands.
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A new knowledge of God
A new knowledge of God
“And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,
And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For all will know Me,
From the least to the greatest of them.
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A renewed relationship with God
A renewed relationship with God
“peace” refers to spiritual and material well-being; real peace is possible only for those in a right relationship with God. The formula “I will be their God, and they will be my people” is associated also with the Abrahamic and especially the Sinaitic covenants.
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A superior priesthood
A superior priesthood
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
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A superior sacrifice
A superior sacrifice
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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A lasting covenant
A lasting covenant
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