The old covenant was an agreement between God and man with certain terms which contain acts that could make people acceptable to God.
The acts in the old covenant were spelled out in stone and the terms to the old covenant were, obey or die.
Exodus 31:14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
The new covenant is also an agreement between God and man with certain terms which contain acts that would make people acceptable to God.
The new covanant says people broke the old one so God will make a new one.
Jeremiah 31:31-32 "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 bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,'' says the Lord.
Hebrews 8:8-9 Because finding fault with them (the people), 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. '
The new covenant is that God's Son will take the punishment for people breaking the old covenant which will allow God to legally forgive people. He will then write His Law in the heart of people and put His Spirit in them to help them obey His Law.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Jeremiah 31:33-34 "But this is the new 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."
Hebrews 8:10-12 "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 the new covenant Jesus becomes our rightousness. We become acceptable to God in Christ, even with all our baggage.
In the new covenant it is no longer do or die, but rather, if you love Me.
The new covenant is based on God's grace. Grace is the fact that God does not give us what we deserve for breaking His Law. It's this grace seen in God's patience and long suffering that inspires us to keep His Law.
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.
Living righteously and godly can only come from obeying God's Law.
The acts in the old covenant were spelled out in stone and the terms to the old covenant were, obey or die.
Exodus 31:14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
The new covenant is also an agreement between God and man with certain terms which contain acts that would make people acceptable to God.
The new covanant says people broke the old one so God will make a new one.
Jeremiah 31:31-32 "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 bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,'' says the Lord.
Hebrews 8:8-9 Because finding fault with them (the people), 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. '
The new covenant is that God's Son will take the punishment for people breaking the old covenant which will allow God to legally forgive people. He will then write His Law in the heart of people and put His Spirit in them to help them obey His Law.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Jeremiah 31:33-34 "But this is the new 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."
Hebrews 8:10-12 "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 the new covenant Jesus becomes our rightousness. We become acceptable to God in Christ, even with all our baggage.
In the new covenant it is no longer do or die, but rather, if you love Me.
The new covenant is based on God's grace. Grace is the fact that God does not give us what we deserve for breaking His Law. It's this grace seen in God's patience and long suffering that inspires us to keep His Law.
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.
Living righteously and godly can only come from obeying God's Law.
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