{"id":2799,"date":"2018-06-21T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nltblog.com\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:22:40","slug":"the-new-covenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2018\/06\/21\/the-new-covenant\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Covenant"},"content":{"rendered":"

The key affirmation of the Sinai covenant was, \u201cI will be their God, and they will be my people\u201d (31:33; see also Exod 6:7). The relationship between God and his people envisioned in the Sinai Covenant was surrounded by laws chiseled in stone and a priestly class in charge of all religious institutions and activities. The new covenant would differ from the old in one primary way: It would no longer be external to the worshipers, but would now be written on their hearts (Jer 31:33). The great defect of the old covenant was that it lacked the power to enable people to do what it commanded (Rom 8:3).<\/p>\n

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\nThe new covenant, by contrast, would be internalized through the power of the Holy Spirit (Ezek 36:24\u201127). Thus, it wouldbecome possible for people everywhere (not just a select few) to fulfill God\u2019s covenant plan for life as summed up in the two \u201cGreat Commandments\u201d (Matt 22:35\u201140): \u201cYou must love the Lord your God\u201d (Deut 6:5) and \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Lev 19:18). The new covenant would achieve the goal that the old one pointed to, but could not reach: creating new persons and a new community. The goal is a deep transformation of sinners, beginning with forgiveness of sins and culminating in a holiness exemplified by good works (Eph 1:4; 2:8\u201110).<\/p>\n

This passage points toward Jesus of Nazareth, whose death would seal this new covenant. Jesus applied the new covenant to himself when he instituted the communion ritual (Matt 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; see also 1 Cor 11:25; 1 Cor 3:6). Jesus\u2019 death made him the mediator of the covenant for whoever believes in him (Heb 8:8\u201112; ch 9). Christians commemorate that reality each time they take communion. According to the NT, all believers in Jesus Christ will know him directly by the activity of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling has been made possible through the sacrifice of Christ. They will know him personally and experience him powerfully, as only a few did in OT times.<\/p>\n

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Jer 31:31\u201134
\nIsa 11:1\u20119; 54:13\u201115
\nEzek 37:24\u201128
\nMatt 26:27\u201128
\nLuke 22:20
\nRom 11:25\u201136
\n1 Cor 11:23\u201126
\n2 Cor 3:6\u201118
\nHeb 8:8\u20139:28<\/p>\n

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