New Covenant Realities1- We must stay abreast with the facts of the scriptures. The scriptures teach concerning two covenants. The old and new covenants. Oftentimes we think it’s a series. Series one is the old covenant, series two the new. Hence in our imaginations we assume they are complements or even supplements. How our imaginations have failed us. The old is thus called because it is OUTDATED AND EXPIRED. Jesus warned about putting new wine in old wineskins Mark 2:22 KJV [22] And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. How we have done this too often. We often practice both covenants side by side! We must quickly know its an error. These two covenants arent the same. One has REPLACED the other. Thus everything has changed, from culture, relationships, worship, service, prayer etc.! Attempting to mix an expired practice with a new one will give a bad product. This is the norm today in many places! Let’s patiently examine the following scriptures 2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Obviously, we have a clear distinction of the covenants. Death vs. Life. Condemnation vs. Righteousness. Spirit vs. Flesh. The Old is DONE AWAY WITH! Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 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 continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. Again the Old Testament is referred to as expired! The New made the first old and outdated! When we seek to merge both we end up confused in our giving in church, faith towards God, attitude to sin, fellow believers etc. A few salient facts: 1. The Old is the shadow, the New is the substance Hebrews 10:1 KJV [1] For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. Colossians 2:16-17 KJV [16] Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : [ 17] Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 2. The Old justified no ONE, Justification is only by the New Covenant(refer to 2 Cor. 3 above )and Galatians 3:13-14 KJV [13] Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: [ 14] That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 3. The Old was for ISRAEL and the New, ALL NATIONS (Including Israel) Seen this? I am a product of the new covenant in the blood of Jesus, not the Old covenant of the blood of bulls and animals. I function with the reality and not in types and shadows! Agreed? I am thankful for the new covenant! Jesus is Lord,We win!
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:31:08 +0000
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