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A New Covenant

A New Covenant. Jeremiah 31:31-34. Ark of Covenant - in Babylon. I. A Heart Written Covenant.

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A New Covenant

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  1. A New Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34

  2. Ark of Covenant - in Babylon

  3. I. A Heart Written Covenant “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33

  4. Contrasts OLD NEW Book Externally Outward Physical Visible Hearts Internally Within Spiritual Unseen

  5. This is not the New Covenant

  6. The New Covenant began On Pentecost A.D. 33 Peter preached 3,000 had something written on their hearts Baptized into New Covenant Received Word preached 15 years before 1st of N.T.

  7. 3,000 New Covenants Commitment to follow Christ Jesus had written something on their hearts 3,000 personal covenants or contracts

  8. “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.” II Cor. 3:3 I. A Heart Written Covenant

  9. II. A Personal Relationship “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33

  10. II. A Personal Relationship “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33

  11. God always wanted a personal relationship Eden Enoch Samuel Joseph David Daniel

  12. In the New Covenant we have a personal relationship “I will be their God” “The Lord is at Hand”Phil.4:5 “Peace that passes all understanding” – Phil. 4:6-7 “I will be their God” II Cor.6:16

  13. III. Knowers of the Lord “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:” Jer.31:34a

  14. Old Covenant Samuel born to Hebrew Parents Did not know the Lord Was part of the covenant Had to be taught who the Lord was

  15. New Covenant “gladly received the Word” Acts 2:41 They knew who the Lord was It is an Individual Covenant

  16. IV. Absolute Remission Pardon “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jer. 31:34b

  17. Impossible before the Cross “and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Heb.9:22 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Heb. 10:4

  18. Reality after the Cross “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” Heb. 10:17 Quote from Jeremiah

  19. A New Covenant The New is Superior to the Old • Heart written • Personal relation • Knowers of the Lord • Absolute remission

  20. A New Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34 Quoted in Heb. 8:8-13 We are living in the days of this Covenant God made with us

  21. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Evening July 12, 2009

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