Covenant God

(Hebrews 8:10) This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 


1. Bloodshed. 


(Colossians 2:11 NLT) When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. 


2. Name change. 


(John 14:13-14) And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. 


3. An outward sign. 


(Genesis 9:16-17) “Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” 


So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.” 


4. A meal. 


(Luke 22:19-20) And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 


In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” 


5. An exchange of everything.


(Matthew 10:39) Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 


TWO COVENANTS 


(Hebrews 8:7-9) For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 


But God found fault with the people and said: "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 


It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 


 The Old Covenant is external. The New Covenant is internal. 


(Hebrews 8:10 NLT) “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts…” 


 The Old Covenant has a master. The New Covenant has a Father.



(Hebrews 8:10 NLT) “…I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 



 The Old Covenant has guilt. The New Covenant has cleansing. 


(Hebrews 8:12 NLT) “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.” 


(Matthew 7:21-23) “Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 


Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 


Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'”


Video
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/covenant-god

Discussion Guide
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/files/groups/guides/11-6-11.pdf


Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands