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- What Law are Christians Under Today?
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- The New Covenant
- Given: At Jerusalem (Isa. 2:1-4, Acts 2).
- Scope: Everyone (Acts 2:39; Rev.
22:17)
- Purpose:To Save (Rom. 1:16-17, Matt. 26:28).
- Nature: Spiritual (Gal. 4:21-31).
- Brought By: God’s Son (Jn. 1:17)
- Promised Blessing: Heaven (Heb. 4)
- Fogiveness of Sins: Present Reality
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- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Messianic Age: (Joel 2, Acts 2, 1
Tim. 4:1, Heb. 1:1ff).
- New will replace Old in two ways:
Worship and Pardon.
- Worship: incense,temple, passover, feast of booths, singing.
- Pardon: Sacrifice, Priests, fleshly
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- The Old Covenant Identified
- Made with Israel and Judah.
- Made after people left Egypt (Ex. 14-20).
- People couldn’t keep Covenant (Acts. 15:10)
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- Newness of New Covenant
- In promise, the new is older. (Gen. 12, 14).
- New Mediator: Moses Vs. Christ. (Heb. 3).
- New Savior: Joshua Vs.Christ (Heb. 4)
- New Scope of Salvation (Mk. 16:15)
- New Plan for Pardon (Acts 2:38)
- New substitute for sin (2 Cor. 5:21, Jn. 1:29).
- New promise land: Canaan or Heaven
- New Way of Worship (Jn. 4:24).
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- New Covenant
- 1. Spirit
- 2. Gives Life
- 3. Ministry of Life
- 4. More glorious
- 5. Remains/endures.
- 6. Unveiled.
- 7. Liberty
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- Heb. 8:13 “ready to vanish away”
- Eph. 2:14-15 “broken down middle wall of partition”
- Col. 2:14-15 “wiped away handwriting of requirements”
- Matt. 5:17-18 “not one jot or tittle would passaway till all is
fulfilled”
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- What are the applications & implications of the Old Law passing
away?
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