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We have been pointing out that the Cross has changed….everything. Read the Bible that comes before the Cross and chances are you will be reading about a covenant that never applied to you. It’s there to create a hunger for the God of mercy and grace, and teach us we cannot obey God even if we think we can.
Before the Cross it was important to keep a record of sins. Just read Leviticus 4 & 5 for sins and sacrifices for those sins. Talk about discouragement! But AFTER the Cross what can be more plain than Hebrews 8:12, where God says, “For I will be merciful to their iniquities and I will remember their sins no more?”
Before the Cross God gave us the 10 Commandments that begin with, “Thou shalt….” Read it in Exodus 20. But AFTER the Cross God says, “I will.” In Hebrews 8:8-12, God speaks His of being merciful to us, His forgetting our sins, His writing His laws in our minds and hearts and He giving us a knowledge of Himself. In the New, it’s all about Him and what He’s done for us, my friends!
In the Old Covenant, God’s favor hinged on our faithfulness. But in the New, His favor comes to us on account of Christ’s faithfulness. We could be faithful one moment and deny Him the next. Just ask Peter! Walking with Jesus day in day out for over 3 years. Seeing countless miracles, signs, wonders. Hearing the voice from heaven declare Jesus is the Son of God. Staunchly declaring he would never deny Him – yet he does exactly that a few hours later. So much better to rely on Jesus Christ’s faithfulness, for He is eternally faithful!
When reading the Bible, I urge you to learn to distinguish between the old law covenant, which condemns sinners, and the new covenant of grace, which makes sinners righteous. In the Old, Christ was a shadow, in the New He is our reality!
The word GRACE can be terrifying to those schooled in performance based religion. But RELAX— for another word for grace is J E S U S. Walk today my friend in the New Covenant. Walk with Jesus in the covenant of Grace, and you will COME ALIVE!
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