The New Covenant –

Abundant Life

New Covenant –

Jesus the Author of a New Covenant

(1Cor 11:25) In the same way, he also took the cup after supper,

saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every

time you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

(Heb 8:6) But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the

covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better

promises.

(Heb 8:13) When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first

obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to

disappear.

New Covenant –

Christ, the Perfect Mediator

(Heb 9:11,12,15) So Christ has now become the High Priest over all

the good things that have come. He has entered that great, perfect

sanctuary in heaven, not made by human hands and not part of this

created world. Once for all time he took blood into that Most Holy

Place, but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood,

and with it he secured our salvation forever.

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those

who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now

that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins

committed under the first covenant.

New Covenant –

Our Amazing Inheritance

(1 Corinthians 2:9,12) However, as it is written: "No eye has seen,

no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for

those who love him"-- 12 We have not received the spirit of the

world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what

God has freely given us.

New Covenant –

Faith: Our Adoption as Children of God

(Gal 3:25 -27) But now that faith has come, we are no longer under

a guardian. (the law). For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God

through faith. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have

clothed yourselves with Christ.

(Heb 13:5) “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

New Covenant –

The Glory of the indwelling Spirit

(2Cor 6:16) For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I

will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God,

and they will be my people.”

(2Cor 3:3) you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not

with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but

on tablets of human hearts

(2Cor 3:6-10) [God] made us competent to be servants of a new

covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills,

but the Spirit gives life

New Covenant –

The deadly effect of the old covenant

(Gal 3:10,11) But those who depend on the law to make them right

with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is

everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that

are written in God's Book of the Law." Consequently, it is clear that

no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the

Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life.“

(Gal 5:4) You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law

have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

The Big Stick

New Covenant –

Freedom & Transformation

(2Cor 3:17-18 ) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of

the Lord is present, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled faces

reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same

image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord,

who is the Spirit.

(Gal 5:13) For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only

do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but

through love serve one another.

Indulging the Flesh

New Covenant –

Putting on the New Self

(Eph 4:17-25) Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must

no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds….put

off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is

corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of

your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of

God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, having put away

falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for

we are members one of another.

Dog Wisdom

New Covenant –

Putting on the Humility of Christ

(Col 3:12-14) Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on

heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a

complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you

must also forgive. Above all, put on love — the perfect bond of unity.

(2Cor 12:9) But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for

my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the

more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest

upon me.

New Covenant -

Compassion of Christ

(Heb 4:15) For we do not have a high priest who is unable to

sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been

tempted as we are, yet without sin.

(Gal 6:1-2) Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who

are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching

out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted. Carry one another’s

burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

New Covenant –

Bond of Unity in Christ

(Philippians 2:1,2 Col 3:13,14)

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if

any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any

tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being

like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose

….. accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a

complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you

must also forgive. Above all, put on love — the perfect bond of unity.

Unity of Faith?

Heart and Soul of the Covenants

New

• Deep gratitude for the

unconditional lovingkindness

and forgivness of God

• Soft moldable hearts

• Rest and peace, clothed in the

righteousness of Jesus

• Compassion, forgiveness for the

failure and sin of others

Old

• Expectation of self-righteousness

- resentment of unfairness

• Hardened Hearts of stone

• Anxiety over our sin & failures -

fear of condemnation

• Suspicion & judgment of other’s

imperfections and sin

Heart and Soul of the Covenants

New

• True friend of God – the

indwelling Holy Spirit

• Growing in Jesus’ likeness of

Christ & overcoming sin by

the power of His Spirit

• Inspired to bless others by the

gifts and counsel of the Holy

Spirit

Old

• Seeing God as a hard master,

excluded from God’s presence

and favor

• Striving to achieve God’s

approval by precise knowledge

and performance of God’s

commands & precepts

• Bound by cords of our fallen

nature -worried about protecting

our own stuff, and own way