Article 7. Gods Covenant Series

3. THE COVENANT OF GRACE FULFILLED IN CHRIST. HEB 8: 6- 13. (JER: 31:31- 34).

ALL THE COVENANTS OF PROMISE SEEN IN THE OT ARE FULFILLED IN THE ONE NEW COVENANT OF GRACE THAT IS SEEN IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS. HIS DEATH USHERED IN THE NEW COVENANT UNDER WHICH WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY GODS GRACE AND MERCY RATHER THAN HUMAN ATTEMPTS OF LAW KEEPING.

JESUS BECOMES THE MEDIATOR OF THIS NEW COVENANT (HEB 9:15) HE IS THE HIGH PRIEST WHO INTERCEDES, AND GOES INTO HEAVEN BEFORE GOD. YET HE IS ALSO THE SACRIFICE LAMB. JESUS SACRIFICIAL DEATH SERVES AS THE OATH OR PLEDGE “CUT” WHICH GOD MADE TO RATIFY THIS COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.

HIS BLOOD IS WHAT SEALS THE COVENANT BETWEEN US AND GOD FOR WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

THE GLORIOUS CONSEQUENCES......

THROUGH THIS COVENANT GOD HAS DETERMINED TO GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE AND FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM , IN SPITE OF OUR SINS. AND THIS IS GODS COVENANT OF GRACE AND PROMISE FULFILLED IN CHRIST.

HOW CAN WE BECOME PART OF GODS COVENANT? WELL THE PROMISE HOLDS TRUE TODAY TOWARDS ANYBODY WHO CAN TURN TO HIM IN GENUINE REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

THE BIBLE SAYS JHN 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON THE WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

AMEN