Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, March 9, 2008

1 John 4:4 “You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”

DOCTRINE OF THE NEW COVENANT TO THE CHURCH DOCTRINE OF THE NEW COVENANT TO THE CHURCH Related to the Eucharist Pt. 2 1 Corinthians 11:24-25

A. A covenant is a contract between two parties. Party of the first part is God. Party of the second part is certain categories of mankind.

B. The New Covenant to the Church is the forgiveness of our sins providing for a new spiritual heritage in Christ.

Heb 8:6, “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.”

C. A Covenant needs a Mediator who is equal to both parties.

D. Jesus is qualified to be the Mediator in hypostatic.

E. Jesus Christ had to be a mediator before He could be a savior.

F. His motivation was Love for mankind. John 3:16; 13:1

G. As a priest our Lord could offer Himself as a sacrifice.

H. Salvation has always been the same.

Under the Mosaic Law, the Jews remember salvation through the blood of the animal sacrifices, which taught about the saving work of Jesus Christ.

Under the blood of the New Covenant, Church Age believers are saved through faith in the saving work of Jesus Christ.

Salvation through the blood of Christ is a part of every dispensation in human history.

When we drink from the cup, we remember what our Savior did for us on the Cross. Mat 26:27-28

I. At salvation we enter into the grace contract.

The contract requires nothing else on our part. God has contracted to do everything for the Royal Family as a matter of grace. Eph 2:8-9

The person who rejects the saving work of Jesus Christ on the Cross, insults all three members of the Trinity and is headed towards the Eternal Lake of Fire. Heb 10:26, 29

Likewise, the believer grieves all three members of the Trinity when he does not execute the spiritual life. Eph 4:30

Our motivation should be personal love for God, for the grace he has given us. 1 John 2:5, 15-17; 5:2

J. For a covenant to become operational four categories must be effective:

1) God as party of the first part,

1) God as party of the first part, 2) The Church as party of the second part,

3) A mediator to reconcile both parties, and

3) A mediator to reconcile both parties, and 4) A priest to perform an efficacious sacrifice by which reconciliation with God is made.

The covenant calls for the Royal Family to live forever in the Holy of Holies, Rev

Offering

Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, March 9, 2008 Tape # 08S-010 New Covenant to the Church, Part 2 1 Cor 11:24-25; Mat 26:27; Eph 2:8-9; Heb 10:26-29 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008