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Welcome
Are you under the Old Covenant?
Are you under the New Covenant?
How will I know that you are under the New Covenant?
“I will show you my faith by my works”James 2:18
the NEW COVENANT
What does it mean to be under
The Mosaic Covenant
Established by God
Ratified by animal blood
Marked by circumcision of flesh
Nullified by disobedience
The Mosaic Covenant
Unable to produce obedience
Continual sacrifice
Imperfect high priests
Covered only the Jews
New Covenant
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.
Deuteronomy 30:6
“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,
Jeremiah 31:31
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.
Jeremiah 31:32
But 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.
Jeremiah 31:33
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.”
Jeremiah 31:34
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all
your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Ezekiel 36:25
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give
you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey
my rules.
Ezekiel 36:27
Mosaic vs. New Covenant
Established by God
Ratified by animal blood
Marked by circumcision of flesh
Nullified by disobedience
Established by God
Ratified by Christ’s blood
Marked by circumcision of heart
Nullified by renunciation
Mosaic vs. New Covenant
Unable to produce obedience
Continual sacrifice
Imperfect high priests
Covered only Jews
Able to produce obedience
Once for all
Perfect High Priest
Covers Jews and Gentiles
You will know God.
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
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.
Jer 31:34
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may
give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of
him,Ephesians 1:17
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
You will know His law.
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
But 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.
Jeremiah 31:33
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what
the law requires, they …show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness
Romans 2:14-15
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you
a heart of flesh.And I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my
rules.Ezekiel 36:26-27
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God
who empowers them all in everyone.
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a
tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
1 Corinthians 14:26
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACEYou will produce rivers of Living Water
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the
man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the
water, and it was ankle-deep…and it was waist-deep….a river that could not be passed through.
Ezekiel 47:3-5
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the
one side and on the other.Ezekiel 47:7
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,
and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water
will become fresh.Ezekiel 47:8
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms
will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes
there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything
will live where the river goes.Ezekiel 47:9
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living
water.’”Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him
were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because
Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:38-39
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
You will produce rivers of Living Water
You will have POWER
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the
earth.”Acts 1:8
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the
works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I
am going to the Father.John 14:12
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know God.
What does it mean to be under the New Covenant
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
You will produce rivers of Living Water
You will have POWER
Are you are under the New Covenant?
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.II Corinthians 3:17:
who has made us competent to be ministers of a new
covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills,
but the Spirit gives life. II Corinthians 3:6