Hebrews 8:10,12 ... I will put My laws in their mind...I will be their God...I will be merciful to their unrighteousness...their sins and their lawless deed I will remember no more.
The New Covenant we have with God through Jesus' death and resurrection has set us apart with a host of blessings and privileges and a different mind set to the rest of the unbelieving world. So I thought we'd have a look at it today.
The Old Covenant of Law was between God and men who kept failing. The New Covenant of Grace is between God and Jesus who cannot fail.
Under the Old Covenant they had to offer sacrifices to 'cover' up their sins. In the New Covenant Jesus became a sacrifice for us and paid for our sins on the cross. He took the punishment for them all, past, present and future, so we wouldn't have to suffer the punishment we deserved. That is wonderful!
In the Old Covenant men and women had to obey all the demands of the law. 'You shall not, you shall not..you shall not.'
In the New Covenant of Grace it's all about God's supply 'I will remember their sins no more, I will be their God, I will be merciful, I will, I will....
Under the Old Covenant of Law men were always failing and ending up with the curses of the law.
Under the New Covenant of Grace it's all about God blessing, God sustaining, God upholding, God forgiving, God providing, God protecting, God healing and all of it is because of Jesus' finished work on the cross. Jesus did it all for us, He finished it, we can't add anything to it. If we try to earn it by our efforts we're mixing law and grace and Paul says we have fallen from grace if we do that! (Galations 5:4)
I'm so thankful the New Covenant of Grace is between God and Jesus (who cannot fail) and we enter into that covenant by thanking God for forgiving our sins and putting our trust in Jesus, declaring Him to be our Lord, then God sees us 'in Him' and declares us righteous in His sight. (2 Corinthians 5:21). What a 'wonder' that is! Blessings are on the head of the righteous! (Proverbs 10:6)
What a wonderful Saviour we have in Jesus. What a wonderful New Covenant we have with God the Father. Let's praise Him afresh today.
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