The New Covenant A Fantastic Benefit JEREMIAH 31:31‑34 OBJECIVE: God in His mercy gave a new covenant which made it realistic for us to live Godly lives. The old covenant was not possible to follow or keep or be cleansed.  

PALESTINIAN COVENANT Deuteronomy 30:1-8 DAVIDIC COVENANT 2 Samuel 7: 12-16 NEW COVENANT Jeremiah 31:31-34 Ownership, unconditional Possession based on obedience Land forever LAND House Kingdom Throne SEED Indwelling and filling of Holy Spirit New nature, heart, and mind Forgiveness of sins BLESSING ABRAHAMIC COVENANT ETERNAL UNCONDITIONAL LITERAL New Covenant Indwelling and filling of the Holy Spirit New Nature, heart, mind Forgiveness of sins

Have you ever noticed how you rebel at a “no?” Do not take any cookies WET Paint‑‑Do not touch Our natural inclination is to rebel at any thing that restricts us. ~~~Have you ever noticed how you rebel at a “no?” ~~~Do not take any cookies ~~~WET Paint‑‑Do not touch ~~~~~~Our natural inclination is to rebel at any thing that restricts us.

Jeremiah 31:31–34 (ESV) 31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

I. Old Covenant‑‑Mosaic Law Good part Convicted Israel of sin Foreshadowed Christ Plans for the Tabernacle Problem Could not create a clean heart Could not cleanse from sin Could not give the indwelling Holy Spirit Basically‑‑It said, THOU SHALT NOT ~~~Good part ~~~Convicted Israel of sin ~~~Foreshadowed Christ ~~~Plans for the Tabernacle ~~~Problem ~~~Could not create a clean heart ~~~Could not cleanse from sin ~~~Could not give the indwelling Holy Spirit ~~~~~~~Basically‑‑It said, THOU SHALT NOT Man rebels at the negative

New covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34 Verse by verse ~~~Jeremiah 31:31-34

Israel and Judah because both are separated at this time. Jeremiah 31:31 (ESV) “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT   ~~~~Jeremiah 31:31 (ESV) “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, COVENANT‑‑DETERMINATION, STIPULATION, CONFEDERACY, LEAGUE, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONS, ~~~~~~~~I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT

Jeremiah 32:40 (ESV) I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. ~~~~~~I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

Matthew 26:28 (ESV) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ~~~~~~for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins

1 Corinthians 11:25 (ESV) In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ~~~~~~~In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”  

2 Corinthians 3:6 (ESV) who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. ~~~~~who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Jeremiah 31:32 (ESV) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. ~~~~~~not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.

This will not be like the Mosaic Covenant that was broken by Israel   This will not be like the Mosaic Covenant that was broken by Israel ~~~~~~~This will not be like the mosaic covenant that was broken by Israel

Hosea 2:2 (ESV) “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; ~~~~~~~“Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts;

2 Corinthians 11:2 (ESV) or I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. ~~~~~~~or I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Jeremiah 31:33 (ESV) For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ~~~~~~For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.   ‑‑Internal rather than external‑‑ I WILL

Deuteronomy 30:6 (ESV) And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. ~~~~~~~And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:8 (ESV) I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” ~~~~~~ I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

2 Corinthians 3:3 (ESV) And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. ~~~~~~And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Jeremiah 31:34 (ESV) And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” ~~~~~~~And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”   ‑‑Fantastic benefit for they shall all know me

Hebrews 8:12 (ESV) For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” ~~~~~~~~For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

III. NEW COVENANT EXEMPLIFIED TODAY

1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (ESV) 23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and ~~~~~~~23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.   A. Body given for you‑‑He took our punishment B. Blood‑‑New Testament

Benefits of the New Covenant Grace-Ephesians 2:1–10 We now have the Holy Spirit Hebrews 10:15–25   We now have forgiveness of sin immediately We now have hope of a fulfilled life We now have confidence in Christ Forgiveness of sins Indwelling and filling of Holy Sipirt New nature, heart, and mind ~~~~Grace Ephesians 2:1–10 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. ~~~~ We now have the Holy Spirit Hebrews 10:15–25 (ESV) — 15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” 17 then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” 18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. ~~~ We now have forgiveness of sin immediately ~~~~ We now have hope of a fulfilled life ~~~~~ We now have confidence in Christ

We now have the FANTASTIC BENEFIT This is the real story of Christmas Saturday—Christmas Eve service 5:00 PM Sunday—Christmas service 9:30 ~~~~~This is the real story of Christmas Saturday—Christmas Eve service 5:00 PM Sunday—Christmas service 9:30