The New Covenant

- Here God tells us that the New Covenant will supersede the Old Covenant. Through Christ, God establishes a blood covenant/a marriage covenant with us that lasts forever. Through Christ, the Old Covenant is fulfilled and its purpose is accomplished. "In fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which He is Mediator is superior to the old one, since the New Covenant is established on better promises." (Hebrews 8:6)
- God will put His law in our minds and write it on our hearts, not on tablets of stones as He did the Ten Commandments. By His Holy Spirit, He gives us the desire to love and obey Him. He empowers us to obey and live holy lives. His Word governs our thoughts, words, and actions. God intends that His Word will transform us from the inside out. Head knowledge alone (without transformation) results in pride and legalism. "You are a letter from Christ...written not with ink but with the Spirit of the Living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." (2 Corinthians 3:3)
- Christ made it possible for us to have a personal, eternal relationship with God...to know God experientially. Through Christ's shed blood for us, we've been justified and received the complete forgiveness of sin (past, present, and future) from God. "For by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy...And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary." (Hebrews 10:14, 18)